Three people had been booked for allegedly duping a Delhi resident of ₹2 crore by luring him to spend money on a business venture on MG Highway in Sector 14 and later excluding him from the property registry, police stated on Tuesday.
Police didn’t disclose the names of the accused citing pending probe.
The accused embody two landowners, residents of South Metropolis I and Sushant Lok III, and a property seller from Sushant Lok I in Gurugram. Investigators stated the 65-year-old sufferer, a resident of Safdarjung Enclave in Delhi, was approached in 2017 by way of the property seller and supplied a possibility to spend money on a stalled seven-storey business constructing venture on 1542 sq. yards plot at a major location.
Police stated the sufferer, who owns an funding agency with an workplace in Connaught Place, was promised good returns and an affiliate director’s place. After a number of conferences, together with one at Vasant Kunj, he agreed to take a position and signed an settlement with the 2 landowners and the development agency on January 3, 2018.
A senior police official stated that after the sufferer invested ₹2 crore by way of financial institution transactions to the development agency, the venture was accomplished. “Nevertheless, when the time got here to offer him a 25% possession share, the landowners registered two-thirds of the property in their very own names and one-third within the identify of the development agency, excluding the sufferer,” the officer stated.
The sufferer instructed police he pursued the matter after the Covid-19 pandemic however did not recuperate both his cash or share, following which he filed a criticism in December final yr. The FIR was registered on Monday beneath sections 120B and 420 of the Indian Penal Code at Sector 14 police station.
Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, stated the financial offences wing has been assigned the investigation. “All of the related paperwork shall be collected from the sufferer for investigation, after which crucial motion shall be taken within the case on the idea of the proof towards them,” he added.
