The Chunabhatti Police have booked a property dealer who duped two persons to the tune of Rs 2.5 crore in the name of constructing shopping complex in Bairagarh area; accused went absconding after complaint was lodged by the victims.
Police have booked Prashant Singhai of Singhai Infra Projects who duped the two victims Syed Parvez and VipinB Banvat of Ashta.
Investigating Officer ASI Omkar Singh said the victims were lured of partnership in developing shopping by the accused and told that Rs 10 crore is required for the whole project and the two agreed after which they provided Rs 2.5 crore in parts from the year 2015 but later they started to recognize that accused has duped as the property was of ‘merger’ and when the accused failed to return the money they lodged complaint with police.
The deal was stuck in the year 2015 but for the next few years nothing in the name of construction was started on the land and when victim checked they found that no construction could be done as the land was in the category of merger.
A complaint was filed regarding the fraud and after completion of the investigation the police have registered a case under IPC Section 420.
Police have started further investigation and have claimed that there is a possibility of a nexus working behind the selling of property by using wrong means. After the confirmation the police have registered a case under IPC Section 420 and have started further investigation. The offenders are still out of police reach.