Dehradun police have arrested Pankaj Arora alias Pankaj Rana, resident of Patelnagar, on Friday on the charge of duping a person of Rs 38 lakh through a fraudulent sale of land. Police recovered Rs 3 lakh from his possession. It is learnt that Arora sold another person’s land in Vikasanagar area through making forged documents.
The accused is learnt to have admitted his crime and said that he along with eight other persons had been involved in cheating through fraudulent sales of lands in Vikasnagar area. Their modus operndi was to make one of the gang members sport police uniform to instill confidence in the buyers of land. It is also learnt that Pankaj, tagged to another fraud case had been absconding.
IG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal said that Shamsher Singh Tomar, resident of Dinkar Vihar, Vikasnagar, had registered a complaint at SIT. In his written complaint, he stated that he had approached Pankaj for land.
Pankaj had sold him a piece of land which later was found out to belong to one Mukta Arora. The deed was done through forged documents as Pankaj and others had presented another woman to pose as Mukta, the complaint ran. The fraud came to light when Shamsher had gone to have the land registered in his name. The matter was dragged to court and the court ruled against the land being sold. The complainant further said that when he had asked Pankaj to return him the money he had given him in lieu of the land he and his other accomplices threatened him of dire consequences.
Taking note of the complaint, IG Gunjyal had directed SIT officers to conduct thorough investigation of this complaint. After the complaint was found correct, IG directed Dehradun SSP Dr Sadanand Date to lodge an FIR against the accused in Vikasnager police station.