Seven, including revenue employees, booked for selling HUDA land

Santosh, who runs a computer repair and spare parts shop in Gurugram, said that they constructed boundaries on the plot but HUDA officials demolished the constructions in February this year. It was then that the couple came to know that the authority acquired the land several years ago

Police have booked two revenue department officials and a property dealer, along with four of his associates for allegedly selling a 1089 sq ft Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) plot in Carterpuri by getting it registered with forged documents, officials said on Tuesday.

The couple spent ₹80 lakh in total to purchase the plot, including stamp duty of ₹2.25 lakh and ₹3 lakh in brokerage. The broker fixed the land cost at ₹45 lakh on paper. (Representative image/HT Archive)

According to police, the property dealer told Dimpi Kumari and her husband Santosh Kumar, residents of Sector 23, that the plot was village land (lal dora) and they agreed to purchase it. The property dealer then registered the plot in Dimpi’s name for ₹77 lakh on August 25, 2021. He assured the couple that the required documents, including a report from the sarpanch, were submitted at the registry office.

Santosh, who runs a computer repair and spare parts shop in Gurugram, said that they constructed boundaries on the plot but HUDA officials demolished the constructions in February this year. It was then that the couple came to know that the authority acquired the land several years ago.

“We spent ₹80 lakh in total to purchase the plot, including stamp duty of ₹2.25 lakh and ₹3 lakh in brokerage. The broker fixed the land cost at ₹45 lakh on paper,” he alleged.

Dimpi submitted a complaint on July 5 this year, following which the Economic Offences Wing carried out an inquiry. Finally, an FIR under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the seven suspects at Palam Vihar police station on Monday night.

Preet Pal Sangwan, assistant commissioner of police (crime), said police have begun an investigation into the case. “Action will be taken against culprits found involved in the forgery,” he added.