54-year-old held for duping a Ghaziabad resident of ₹22 lakh

During the investigation, it was found that the suspect had sold the same plot of land to two other people as well

The Gautam Budh Nagar police arrested a 54-year-old Greater Noida man on Friday for allegedly duping a Ghaziabad resident of ₹22 lakh on the pretext of selling a plot, police said on Saturday.

The suspect in custody (HT Photo)

According to Anil Kumar, station house officer of Bisrakh police station, on September 3, Amrish Kumar Tyagi, a resident of Ghaziabad, submitted a complaint at the police station.

“In his complaint, Tyagi alleged that the suspect, identified as Mukesh Kumar Sharma, a resident of New Haibatpur village in Greater Noida West, duped him of ₹22 lakh by showing him a fake agreement for selling a plot in the same village. The complainant had paid the amount to the suspect in three instalments between July and August. However, on August 28, when the complainant came to the plot, he found out from locals that the plot was already sold and he was given a fake agreement,” said the SHO.

During the investigation, it was found that the suspect had sold the same plot of land to two other people as well.

“The suspect had sold the same plot to three people, of which one is the complainant, another one was duped of ₹45 lakh for the plot, and the third person has been duped of ₹35 lakh. However, the other two people duped by the suspect have not yet submitted a complaint in the matter,” said the officer.

SHO added that Kumar was brought in for questioning and based on evidence, was booked under Sections of cheating, forgery and criminal breach of trust of the Indian Penal Code.

“The suspect was presented before the court on Friday and sent to judicial custody,” the SHO said.