Sukhisewania police hasbooked a man who duped a farmer to the tune of Rs 35 lakh by transferring land in the name of his wife. The accused used power of attorney provided by the victim to transfer the land.
The police have booked Lakhan Singh Meena who duped the victim Himmat Singh Meena to the tune of Rs 35 lakh. Police said that the victim were assured that his 5 acres of land would be sold and money would be provided to him whenever a plot in the land would be sold to customer but accused transferred land to his wife.
The deal was stuck in the year July 2018 between victim and accused. Later the accused using the power of attorney transferred property in his wife’s name at Rs 44 lakh. In the registry accused claimed that Rs 15 lakh has been provided to the victim, two cheques of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 19 lakh were transferred in victim’s bank account.
A complaint was lodged regarding the fraud when the victim came to know about the fraud and after completion of the investigation the police have registered a case under sections 406 and 420 of the IPC.
During the investigation, police found that the accused has also provided fake ledger book (bahi) at the time of registry as he had availed loan from two banks and his ledger book was with the bank as collateral.
The details of the land were also not provided correct as road beside the land is not present but it has been shown in the plan.