2 lawyers among three held in land fraud case in Gurugram
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Thu, Jan 21 2021 18:51 IST |
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Chandigarh, Jan 21 : Three persons, including two advocates, have been arrested on the charge of involvement in the sale of two acres of land acquired through fraudulent means in Gurugram district to a private company, causing loss of crores of rupees to the state exchequer.
Director General of Police Manoj Yadava told the media that the land in Islampur village, acquired by Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) in 1993, was sold to a private company for Rs 2 crore on the basis of fake and forged documents and witnesses .
They had forged documents and produced fake witnesses
Three persons, including two advocates, have been arrested by the Haryana Police for allegedly selling two acres to a private firm in Gurugram through fraudulent means.
Disclosing this, Manoj Yadava, Director General of Police, Haryana, said the land in village Islampur, which was acquired by the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran in 1993, was sold to a private company for ₹2 crore on the basis of fake and forged documents and witnesses.
To make quick money, accused Rohit Thakaran of village Jharsa and Ajay Choudhry, a resident of village Islampur, hatched a plan and got the land transferred to the name of Ajay by producing fake witnesses who impersonated Murti Devi, Lakshmi Devi and Bala Devi, who were the original owners of the two acres of ancestral property.
The Gurugram police have arrested three persons including two advocates, who had fraudulently sold two acres of acquired land here to a private company that caused a huge loss to the state exchequer, officials said on Thursday.According to .