Dehradun police have arrested two land mafias from Nehru Colony area on Friday, tagging them with the charge of duping Hemlata Negi, resident of Tharali, Chamoli, of Rs six lakhs in a land fraud case, informed Garhwal Range IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal. The accused have been identified as Rajendra Singh Rawat, resident of Peepalipani, Pauri who is currently living in defense colony, Dehradun and Arvind Singh Negi, resident of Nehru Colony.
He said that Hemlata Negi, resident of Tharali, Chomali who is currently living in Cantt had registered a compliant, stating that Rawat and Negi had duped her of Rs six lakh by registering a plot (149.81 square metre) at Mauja Indarpur, Nehru Colony with forged documents using false power of attorney in April 2009.
On reaching the plot, she learnt that the real owner of this land was one Namrata Singh. She asked Rawat to return her money. Rawat gave her two cheques worth Rs six lakh, which later bounced. Subsequently, she approached IG/DIG Gunjyal on March 23, and registered a complaint at SIT. SIT members reviewed the documents related to the land as provided by her and found the complaint genuine. Investigation revealed that both the accused Rawat and Negi had prepared false power of attorney by presenting two persons as witnesses. As per investigation, the real owner of the land Hari Mohan had sold to Pratap Singh Negi on April 2005 and Pratap Singh Negi had sold the same in April, 2010 to Namrata Singh, resident of Shastri Nagar.
Acting on the complaint, police lodged a case under appropriate sections of IPC in the Nehru Colony Police station. Gunjyal has announced reward of Rs5, 000 each to SIT sub-inspector Mahendra Singh Chauhan and Nehru Colony Police station sub-inspector Mukesh Tyagi and his team members for cracking the case.