A CCTV footage from a registration workplace in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar led to the arrest of seven members of a gang who allegedly duped a person of Rs 21 lakh in an alleged land fraud, mentioned police.
The nine-member gang has been working for a very long time in Rabupura village of Larger Noida and have been beforehand booked in assault instances, Sanjay Singh, Station Home Officer (SHO), Jewar Police Station, mentioned.
They have been arrested from the Jhajjar underpass in Larger Noida the place that they had gathered to distribute the cash collected from the alleged land fraud, police mentioned. Rinku, one of many accused, remains to be absconding.
The arrest got here inside 24 hours after an FIR was lodged following a grievance by Gautam Singh, an area who was duped by the accused. “The plot, which Gautam meant to purchase, initially belonged to at least one Ranveer Singh. After his demise, it was transferred to his spouse Neeraj and son Vaibhav however the household shifted to Dadri and leased the mentioned land to a different native Yogesh Sharma,” Singh mentioned.
The SHO mentioned that the gang members performed a recce of the plot, and created a pretend Aadhaar card and a checking account within the identify of Vaibhav Singh. “The land was offered to Gautam Singh for Rs. 2.38 crore and he had additionally transferred Rs 15 lakh within the account of the accused in April,” he mentioned.
“When Singh reached a registration workplace with Yogesh Sharma, Sharma advised them that they weren’t the unique proprietor of the land,” he mentioned. “We noticed them (the accused) within the CCTV footage of the registration workplace and nabbed them one after the other,” he added.
Police have recovered Rs 1.07 lakh, seven cell phones, a pretend PAN and a pretend Aadhaar card and a cancelled cheque. “After their arrest, a number of different victims have come ahead. We’re looking for the opposite two gang members,” the SHO mentioned.