A Congress leader was booked by Aishbagh police for duping a 63-year-old man by selling a flat worth ` 14.5 lakh using forged documents; a case was registered on Saturday.
The victim Mohammad Ahwa was duped by Abdul Manjoor who is a local Congress leader. The accused sold the flat which was mortgaged with a bank and never transferred the property in the name of the accused.
The victim came into contact with the accused after he got retirement. The accused assured that he could facilitate buying a flat in Ashiyana apartments in Aishbagh.
The deal was done on September 2016 and victim was told that the flat was mortgaged with a bank for a loan of `16 lakh and `14.5 lakh has been paid and remaining amount has to be paid after which the ownership would be transferred in victim’s name. The victim got assured that the accused has paid `14.5 lakh and provided him `14.5 lakh.
After collecting the money accused started to escape with excuses whenever the victim asked for the transfer of the property. The victim demanded for refund but the accused refused and later the victim lodged a complaint with the police.
Police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC has been and search has been started to nab the accused.
Meanwhile, Bagh Sewania police have booked miscreants for breaking locks of Bank of Baroda; miscreants failed to enter and burgle valuables said police.
The complainant Ankur Gupta who works as manager with the bank found that the locks were broken and informed the police. During the investigation it was found that nothing was burgled from the bank.