Real estate baron Deepak Bhardwaj, who was gunned down by hired killers at his Rajokri farmhouse on March 26, and his sons have been named, along with several others, in a cheating case by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police. They had allegedly committed forgery and illegally grabbed two acres of agricultural land owned by a US-based elderly doctor.
Police said that 70-year-old KK Rattan told the police that he was duped by Deepak Bhardwaj, his wife and sons Nitish and Hitesh besides six others and the directors of a firm named JJV Marketing.
“The accused persons had used a forged power of attorney prepared on behalf of the complainant to show the sale of his property to the company suspected to be of Bhardwaj,” a senior police officer said.
The complainant told the police that he was in the US when he had purchased the land at Samalkha village in Mehrauli in 1985 through a broker named JS Bhullar. later, his US based friends also bought agricultural land in the same locality.
Police said that three months ago, when Rattan’s friend returned to India, he came to know that Rattan’s property was grabbed and Deepak Bhardwaj was killed. He alleged that Bhullar had sold the property to Raman Sood.
despite an interlocutory injunction on its sale/transfer.
“Bhullar introduced Dr Rattan to Deepak Bhardwaj stating that the latter took care of his property and the realtor allegedly offered to keep a watch on Rattan’s property as well on a non-remunerative basis. The property owner gave his consent," the complainant told the police.