The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has arrested a 42-year- old man for allegedly selling Delhi Development Authority (DDA) plots to people after forging documents. Police said that the accused was also declared 'Proclaimed Offender' and was evading arrest for last eight years.
Police said that the accused, identified as Suresh Sharma, a resident of Faridabad in Haryana, was nabbed by the EOW team from Faridabad after long surveillance.
According to Dr O P Mishra, the Joint Commissioner of Police, EOW, a complaint was received in which the complainant stated that he and his other family members were cheated by a property dealer Jitender Gupta in connivance with his other associates by executing agreements to sell and sale deeds in their favour on the basis of forged documents of different DDA Plots.
"The alleged misrepresented and allured the complainants to buy six different DDA plots and duped the family to the tune of Rs 7 crores," said the Joint CP adding that a case was registered and investigation was taken up.
"During investigation, when documents were verified from the DDA, it was revealed that the accused persons had conspired with each other and had enticed the complainant and his family to purchase these plots. On their false representation and inducement the complainant had fallen prey to the or evil designs and paid total 7 crores to them," said the Joint CP.
"So far six accused persons including main accused Jitender Gupta have already been arrested and present accused Suresh Sharma who also impersonated as Dinesh Sharma and one woman accused were declared PO in 2014 by the Delhi court," he said.