Dehradun police have arrested a person from Roorkee on Tuesday who was allegedly involved in a land fraud case registered in Clement Town police station.
The accused who had been absconding for the past one year was identified as Hareram, resident of Mohammadpur, Roorkee who is currently working in the treasury office located in Roorkee. Police said that he figured in the forged documents under the fake name of Rajednra Khanduri. It is learnt that in 2016, Mahendra Singh Rauthan, resident of GMS Road, registered a case under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120b of IPC against the accused in Clement Town police station. He said in the complaint that several persons had taken bank loans through submission of fake documents against a land a part of which he had purchased through bank auction. Acting on the complaint, a team led by sub-inspector Komal Rawat had been formed to investigate the case. Investigation had revealed that a part of the land- khasra number 464 - (186 square metres) on Turner Road had been registered under the name of Rajendra Khanduri. Khanduri had also sold the same land to a person named Raj Kumar Aggarwal and secured loan from the banks. Aggarwal is on the run, a police officer privy to the investigation said, adding that they are trying to arrest the absconder.