The Economic Offences Wing arrested two realtors for their alleged involvement in cheating hundreds of investors on the pretext of selling them homes at two different residential township projects at Navi Mumbai. The accused have been identified as Pavan Datta (52) and Gagan Deep Chawla (42). The duo duped investors for over Rs 18 crore.
“A complaint was registered on the complaint of a senior citizen who had invested Rs. 15 lakh in the upcoming residential township project off Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra. The duo floated one partnership firm lakshish Infrastructure and Town Planners and one company named lakshish Habitats ltd,” said Additional DCP (EOW) Sanjay Tyagi.
They published luring brochures and presented the customers with rosy picture of the proposed projects. World class luxuries along with other amenities were promised without having the necessary approvals for the development of township project. Accused Pavan Datta, Chairman and Managing Director of lakshish Group gave interviews in the leading business journals making tall claims about the integrated township projects proposed by the alleged companies in Maharashtra he further added.