The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Sunday arrested a 66-year-old property dealer convicted to a total of 181 years jail by a consumer court in over 350 cases of cheating and declared as a Proclaimed Offender (PO).
Rajender Mittal, who is into property business, has allegedly cheated 367 people in a well-planned manner by offering to sell various pieces of land. Police said Mittal was absconding in all cases and was declared a Proclaimed Offender in 2013 when 19 witnesses had been examined. He was arrested in 1991 but had come out on bail after three months. He had been absconding since then.
“Mittal had cheated 367 people in property dealing cases. A consumer court had awarded him six months of imprisonment in every case following which he is convicted for 181 years,” Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner (Crime), said. Yadav said on June 13 this year, Karkardooma Court directed the Crime Branch to take action for apprehending Mittal and producing him before it.