Declared to be a Proclaimed Offender by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi in a cheating case of Rs11.5 crore last Delhi, a 36-year-old man, who goes by the name “Builder Baba” was arrested by the team of District Investigation Unit of Northeast Delhi, police said on Monday.
According to AK Singla, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) said, the accused has been identified as Sachin Dutta. In 2015, he was crowned as Mahamandleshwar and christened Sachidanand Giri Maharaj. Police said that he was stripped of this title after allegations were leveled against him that he owns a bar in a Noida Mall.
One Narendra Barmecha had complained to the EOW of Delhi Police that Sachin Dutta, his mother Tripta, father RK Dutta, his firm Balaji Constructions, Nathu Tyagi and son Sachin Tyagi of village Manakpur, Noida, that in June 2011, he was induced by Dutta to offer a partnership in proposed project situated in Village Manakpur Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Three years later, in November 2014, the complainant retired from the partnership and was offered a sum of Rs11.5 crore, but the amount was never paid to him. Based on which, a case was registered and on May 2016, Sachin Dutta was declared a Proclaimed Offender from Karkardooma Court. On February 26, one police officer had gone to lucknow regarding a case with Bhajanpura police station.
A secret informer met the official and informed him about Sachin Dutta who was currently living in Gomti Nagar Extension area. Since the officer, ASI Naresh who had earlier remained posted with EOW had knowledge of Sachin Dutta being a Proclaimed Offender, Sachin Dutta was identified by the informer and was apprehended by the team of Delhi Police.
During sustained interrogation Sachin Dutta Baba disclosed that his family business was of construction and they were leading builder in the name of Balaji Constructions that has developed Balaji Residency in Indirapuram and Foster Heights, a 14-storey apartment in Ghaziabad. Sachin Dutta also owned a disco-cum-bar called ‘Quantum the leap’ in Centrestage Mall in Noida.
On July 2015, at Allahabad, Dutta was crowned 'Mahamandaleshwar. But less than a week after the coronation, Sachin Dutta, was stripped of his title. It was due to the controversy over his involvement in “the liquor business” before he turned ‘saint’.
Similarly a case of fraud had also been registered at the Sector 58 Noida UP, against 'Builder Baba' Sachin Dutta and seven others for allegedly mortgaging sold flats in an Indirapuram housing society to obtain bank loans, which had been subsequently transferred to Indirapuram Police Station and the accused is stated to be a Proclaimed offender in this case also, which is being verified.
He had also business dealings with Ponty Chaddha and relatives of Ponty Chaddha, Ramandeep and Kamaldeep had also been found involved with Sachin Dutta in cheating case registered at Jallandhar Punjab. The local police of Jallandhar had also visited Noida to execute the NBW of Sachin Dutta.
