The MP Nagar police have booked two persons, officials and employees of Nehru Nagar branch of the Punjab National Bank for swindling Rs 40 lakh.
According to the police, the victim Nikhil Agrawal lodged a complaint after he found that the flat sold to him by the accused has already been sold to another customer a year ago.
The accused Jitendra Mamtani, a property developer and his aide Sukhnandan Rajpal and officials of Punjab National Bank have been booked for fraud.
Interestingly, the officials of Punjab National Bank have verified and disbursed the loan on a sold property which was to dupe the victim. The building in which the flat was bought by the victim is under construction.
The officials of the PNB involved in the fraud are yet to be identified as the number of officials and their role in the fraud is yet to be ascertained.
According to sources, the accused reportedly sold the flat to Prabha Verma in 2012 and in 2013 the same flat was sold to Nikhil Agrawal.
The victim in his complaint said that on December 20, 2013 the accused Sukhnandan sold a flat at Nayapura to the victim and for the purchase, the victim provided RS 10 lakh cash and availed a loan of Rs 30 lakh and made the payment to Jitendra Mamtani.
The police have registered a case under section 420, 467,468 and 471 of the IPC and have started investigation.
Police sources said that the PNB would be asked regarding the employees and officials involved in the fraud and action would be taken against them and cases would be registered.