The four are accused of fraudulently selling two plots on a layout bought by a cooperative housing society and approved by the Nagpur Improvement Trust, the police said
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Four persons have been booked in a Rs 4.52 crore fraud case involving selling of residential plots on public utility land, a Nagpur police official said on Thursday, according to the PTI.
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The four are accused of fraudulently selling two plots on a layout bought by a cooperative housing society and approved by the Nagpur Improvement Trust, the Sonegaon police station official told the PTI.
"The land parcel was bought by the housing society in 1980. As per the approved layout, it was to have 24 plots and two open space areas for public utility. However, these two open spaces were allegedly sold by the accused," he told the PTI.
"The Income Tax department, in March this year, sought Rs 4.52 crore as tax. After a member of the housing society that got the layout approved filed a complaint, the four accused have been booked for cheating, criminal conspiracy etc," he added, as per the PTI.
Further probe into the matter is underway and no arrest has been made so far, the official said.
In an another incident, the Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have registered a case against four directors of a private firm for allegedly cheating a businessman of more than Rs 2 crore over a land deal, an official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.
Citing the complaint by the 31-year-old businessman, the official said that the accused in September 2022 promised to transfer a plot at Pawne MIDC area in his name and took Rs 2.1 crore for the deal, according to the PTI.
The four, identified as Ashok Narayan Pathare, Sushma Narayan Pathare, Jagdish Parvesh Batliwalla, and Parvesh Minuchar Batliwalla, spent the money for personal use and did not transfer the plot in the complainant's name, the official told the PTI on Wednesday.
The Navi Mumbai police on Tuesday registered a case of cheating against the four directors but no arrests have been made yet, he added.
(with PTI inputs)
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