Dehradun police arrested Atar Singh, resident of Rishikesh, on Tuesday on charge of duping complainants in forged land registry in Rishikesh area.
Sunita Devi, resident of Tehri, Ashrupi Devi, resident of Pauri, likhwar Singh, resident of Narendra Nagar, Tehri and Dinesh Singh, resident of Pauri had registered a complaint against Shiv Prasad Raturi, Atar Singh, Teekaram and Harshmani Vyas, residents of Rishikesh.
In their written complaints, they stated that the accused had made conspiracy to do forged registry of lands owned by other persons. Police said the amount the complainants have been duped of was `17.19 lakhs. IG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal in-charge SIT, Garhwal Range had directed SIT members to do thorough investigation of the complaint. IG Gunjyal directed SSP to register a case under appropriate sections of IPC against the accused in Rishikesh police station.
Three other accused- Shiv Prasad Raturi, Pushpa Devi and Teekaram-have already been sent to jail over the above charge on April 6. The police arrested Atar Singh from Rishikesh on Tuesday. IG Gunjyal announced reward to the team for cracking the case.