Two persons have been booked by MP Nagar police for duping a businessman to the tune of Rs 61 lakh. The two accused after selling the shop to the victim took loan by keeping shops as security and rented the shops.
According to the police, the victim Anil Jain who is a businessman and resident of MP Nagar zone 2 bought two shops at Jyoti Center worth Rs 61 lakh from the accused Harish Thakur and Jitendra Thakur in the year 2014 and later they took loan against the property and rented the property.
In his complaint, the victim has alleged that he had bought the shops no. 63 and 64 at Jyoti Center worth Rs 61 lakh in the 2014 and after the money regarding the deal was provided to the accused they told the victim that the transfer of ownership would be done later and victim agreed to the same. Later he went to Mumbai for work.
Recently when he asked for the registry of the property in his name the accused refused and victim found that the accused have taken loan against the property and rented the property after which the victim lodged a complaint with the MP Nagar police.
The police have registered a case under Sections 420, 406, 448 and 120 B of the IPC and have started further investigation. The accused are yet to be traced as police suspect that after the case was registered the accused went missing and are still at large.