Dehradun police have arrested a land mafia Sandeep Uniyal, resident of Kedarpuram Mothrowala, Dehrdun, tagging him with the charge of duping Anita Dhariyan, resident of Urja Vihar, Sewlakala, Majra, and Jitendra Kandpal residnet of Garhwali Colony, Raipur, Dehradun of Rs15.75 lakh in land fraud case, said Garhwal Range IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal while interacting with the media persons on Tuesday.
Complainants- Anita and Jitendra- had registered a complaint in SIT in July, stating that Sandeep Uniyal had duped them of Rs15.75 lakh by not registering his land (two separate plots) in their names despite an agreement being signed.
Both further said that they had paid him Rs15.75 as per the agreement that says that the lands under question will be registered within a year. But meanwhile Uniyal had sold the same plots to one Sardar Jitendra Singh in lieu of lands of Rs25.83 lakh. When both approached him he sought three months more to complete the registration of the lands. later, he refused to complete the registration of the lands as he had already sold it to Sardar Jitendra Singh.
Acting on the complaints, SIT swung into action and conducted thorough investigation into the case. Investigation found Uniyal guilty.
Subsequently, IG Gunjyal directed the Dehradun SSP to lodge a case against Uniyal. A case under sections 420/467/468/471/120b of IPC was registered against the accused in Nehru Colony Police Station accordingly. Team members arrested the accused on Tuesday.
Earlier, a case under sections 406/420/467/468/471 of IPC was registered by Sunil Panwar, resident of Uttarkashi, against him in the Nehru Colony police station. IG/DIG Gunjyal announced reward of Rs10, 000 for SIT team
members and Nehru Colony police station for cracking the case.