DDA housing scam: police make fifth arrest

Delhi Police arrested a direct selling agent for opening a bank account on forged papers to provide Rs 900,000 to one of the accused arrested for irregularities in the DDA flat allotment.

Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested a direct selling agent for opening a bank account on forged papers to provide Rs 900,000 to one of the accused arrested for irregularities in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat allotment.

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“We have arrested Dinesh Dral from Dwarka for allegedly opening a bank account in the name of Rajiv on fake papers. From that account, Dral gave two cheques of Rs 450,000 each to accused Dinesh Kumar,” said a police officer.

“Though we have not found Dral's links with the DDA scam, he was arrested for opening the bank account on forged papers,” the officer added.

Deepak Kumar, who allegedly blew the lid off the scam after he fell out with some fellow real estate agents, and three others - retired DDA employee ML Gautam, real estate agent Raju Ram and Laxmi Narayan Meena - have already been arrested.

Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW), probing the scam in the allotment of over 5,000 dwellings, Monday registered two fresh cases against Deepak Kumar for obtaining two PAN (permanent account number) cards in separate names.