Three people, including a woman, have been arrested by the Gurugram Police for property fraud of Rs 523 crore.
Officials said that the Punjab based gang used to prepare false documents related to plots in Ansal Townships owned by NRIs and sell them to unsuspecting buyers.
According to the police, the arrested accused have been identified as Kavita Rani alias Riya Sehgal (33), Rahul (29) and Ranveer Kumar (49) all residents of Punjab.
The prime accused of the gang have been identified as Sanjay Katuhriya, who is a proclaimed offender (PO) while the others culprits have been identified as Sandeep alias Mota, Ajay Sehgal alias Mota alias Alok Kumar and Rakesh Kumar alias Ram all are yet to be arrested.
Sanjay Katuhriya has settled in Dubai along with his family, the police said.
The Haryana Police had also fixed a bounty of Rs 1 lakh each on Kavita, Rahul, Ranveer, Sanjay and Rakesh in January 2021 on their arrest.
A total of 9 cases of property fraud against the culprits were registered at Sushant Lok and Sector-29 police stations. Till now the culprits had sold more than 10 plots in fradunt way.
According to the police, to nab the culprits a SIT was formed following a direction of the police chief which was led by Karan Goyal, ACP (DLF) and Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP (crime) including crime branch teams of DLF phase-4 and Sector-40.
"The culprits were nabbed by a team of crime branch DLF phase-4 and Sushant Lok police station from a guest house located in Sector-39 after a tip-off on February 5 and were on five days police remand," said Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP (crime).
"During interrogation the accused revealed that they used to open fake bank accounts based on forged documents and later transfer the huge amount by selling plots in these accounts," Sangwan said.
"The prime accused Sanjay used to conduct recces to find lots and houses in Ansal townships in Sushant Lok, Palam Vihar and Sector-29 area whose owners did not visit often. They used to prepare false documents after taking details of the owner from the society and officials. Later they prepare the false seal on the documents, and transfer the property to either themselves or someone they knew. They would then sell the properties to unsuspecting buyers," said the police.
"Rakesh used to ferry people from Punjab to Gurugram to falsely represent them as the owners of the plots and prepared fake sale deed documents and sell them to buyers. The accused had also paid Rs 50,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh as commission to these people" the ACP said.
The accused have also disclosed the name of an accused Kunal of Punjab who used to prepare fake IDs and Aadhaar cards and later they used these documents to open fake bank accounts and another agent Kamal who used to prepare fake passports in Chandigarh.
"During investigation the probe team came to know that around Rs 523 crore money transactions have been found in their accounts during the past six months. In connection with the matter an information will also be sent to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Further probe is underway," Sangwan said.