As the price of land shoots up around Jewar airport in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Budh Nagar, the land mafia and scammers are getting active.The latest case came to light after the Sector-63 Noida police arrested a man on January 12 for embezzling .
An FIR has been lodged under IPC sections 420 (Cheating), 467, 468, 471 all three related to forgery, 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy), and 506 (Criminal Intimidation) in sector-63 police station on the directions of the commissioner of police, Laxmi Singh.
Sixteen people were booked for allegedly cheating four men on the pretext of selling them plots in Greater Noida near the upcoming international airport in Jewar. The accused allegedly amassed Rs 24 crore within six months through fraudulent land sales.