Former corporator booked in land fraud case

Chandannagar police station has lodged an FIR (first information report) against Ramakrishna Govindaswamy Pillay alias Rajesh Pillay (52) of Pimpri after Sanjay Dayanand Osarmal (39) of Pimpri, representative of builder group, filed a complaint against the former

The Pune city police have lodged a cheating case against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former corporator in Pimpri for allegedly cheating a builder of ₹15 crore. Chandannagar police station has lodged an FIR (first information report) against Ramakrishna Govindaswamy Pillay alias Rajesh Pillay (52) of Pimpri after Sanjay Dayanand Osarmal (39) of Pimpri, representative of builder group, filed a complaint against the former.

According to the police, Pillay posed as a representative in land purchase and sale for a prominent real estate group in Pune. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

According to the police, Pillay posed as a representative in land purchase and sale for a prominent real estate group in Pune. The former corporator sold land in Charholi Budruk to Santosh Sopanrao Landge and Dhananjar Hannammat Landge without giving any prior intimation to the builder group and siphoned off ₹15 crore. According to the Chandannagar police, the case is related to land fraud which took place between February 5 2019 and May 2022. Pillay sold land to the Landges and misappropriated the amount. No arrest has been made so far.