The State police special task force, Kumaon region has succeeded after more than a year of efforts to nab a person accused of defrauding people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of land deal from Delhi. The success was achieved with the assistance of Nainital and Bhowali police.
According to sources, the accused used to operate vehicles ferrying students of the BD Pandey nursing college to and from the hospital and he exploited this position to orchestrate his fraud. About two years ago, Nainital resident RP Chowdhry had lodged a police complaint regarding fraud against Bhowali resident Kunwar Singh Dev. In his police complaint, Chowdhry had stated that the accused had taken a considerable sum of money from him by cheque for a plot of land which he had claimed was his own. It was later learnt by Chowdhry that he had been duped by the accused who had shown him a plot of land belonging to someone else. The police lodged a case under sections 420, 465 and other sections of the Indian Penal Code bue he absconded while the police investigation was being conducted. The police had been searching for him since then. Sources state that on February 4 this year, a team of the STF Kumaon range nabbed the accused from house number 25, Jain Road, falling under the jurisdiction of the Uttam Nagar police in Delhi. In this case the police has submitted the charge sheet in the court. Superintendent of police (city) Harish Sati said that the accused was presented in court from where he was sent to 14 days remand.