The city police seem to be in an action mode against the people involved in land fraud cases. On Tuesday three persons were arrested on charges of defrauding a Haridwar resident of `22 lakh.
The Inspector General (IG), Garhwal range Sanjay Gunjyal said that Shivalik Nagar Haridwar resident Asha Negi had lodged a complaint in SIT land cell that VIjendra lakhera, Umed Singh Rawat and Anil Kumar Verma prepared forged documents of a 11 Bigha of land located in Markhan Grant Doiwala and took `22 lakh from her. lakhera and Rawat are residents of Racecourse while Verma lives in Mokhampur.
The complainant charged the trio of disposing the land deed on non registered stamp papers and not registering the sale of land. Gunjyal said that the probe by SIT revealed that the culprits used forged papers and duped the woman of `22 lakh. Cases under section 420/468/471 and 120 B of Indian Penal Code are lodged on the accused. The IG declared a cash prize to the police team.