A Punjab resident and his associates allegedly cheated a New York-based NRI by selling his land in Gurgaon for Rs 10.7 by posing as his fictious brother to transfer land ownership with a fake gift deed, TOI reported.
The police said that the accused, identified as Manish Kumar (45), worked at the office of an arhtiya (commission agent or middleman in the agriculture sector) in Punjab's Ferozepur.
Kumar and his associates allegedly forged documents and targeted Gaurav Narula, who has been living in the US since 1982 and was granted American citizenship in 1997.
Police told TOI that Gaurav's father Hans Raj Narula had transferred an 810 sqm plot in Sushant Lok 1 to his name in 1991.
A complaint was filed by advocate Radhika Rai. It states that Kumar's associates allegedly posed as Gaurav while the Punjab resident pretended to be the NRI's "brother" with forged identity documents.
Gaurav is the only son in the family, and has a sister who also lives abroad, according to the police.
The accused got a fake gift deed made dated June 3, 2024, showing that Gaurav was giving the plot to his "brother" Manish Kumar.
The deed was fraudulently registered at the sub-registrar's office in Wazirabad, Gurgaon. A gift deed is a voluntary transfer in ownership of property without any monetary payment. It has to be registered, and documents must clearly specify the details of the "donor" and the one who is getting the property.
Rai told police that the forged deed has fake signatures and pictures of individuals posing as Gaurav Narula.
"Some other person appeared and posed himself as Gaurav Narula and created this fake/fabricated gift deed. In fact, Gaurav Narula has not visited India since Jan 2020," the complaint told TOI.
Even an Aadhar card number in the name of Gaurav, who never possessed the document, was provided along with an incorrect PAN card number, Rai said.
Kumar allegedly sold the plot to another party for Rs 10.7 crore after registering the property.
Police said Gaurav found out about the fraud when a property dealer known to the Narulas alerted the family about the deed linked to the plot, which is currently fenced off with a boundary wall.
"A case was registered at the DLF Sector 29 police station under BNS sections for cheating, forgery and impersonation, and the investigation was conducted by the Economic Offences Wing-I," ASI Sandeep Kumar, police spokesperson, said.
Kumar was arrested from Ferozepur on Thursday and cops are on the lookout for the other accused.
(With TOI inputs)
The police said that the accused, identified as Manish Kumar (45), worked at the office of an arhtiya (commission agent or middleman in the agriculture sector) in Punjab's Ferozepur.
Kumar and his associates allegedly forged documents and targeted Gaurav Narula, who has been living in the US since 1982 and was granted American citizenship in 1997.
Police told TOI that Gaurav's father Hans Raj Narula had transferred an 810 sqm plot in Sushant Lok 1 to his name in 1991.
A complaint was filed by advocate Radhika Rai. It states that Kumar's associates allegedly posed as Gaurav while the Punjab resident pretended to be the NRI's "brother" with forged identity documents.
Gaurav is the only son in the family, and has a sister who also lives abroad, according to the police.
The accused got a fake gift deed made dated June 3, 2024, showing that Gaurav was giving the plot to his "brother" Manish Kumar.
The deed was fraudulently registered at the sub-registrar's office in Wazirabad, Gurgaon. A gift deed is a voluntary transfer in ownership of property without any monetary payment. It has to be registered, and documents must clearly specify the details of the "donor" and the one who is getting the property.
Rai told police that the forged deed has fake signatures and pictures of individuals posing as Gaurav Narula.
"Some other person appeared and posed himself as Gaurav Narula and created this fake/fabricated gift deed. In fact, Gaurav Narula has not visited India since Jan 2020," the complaint told TOI.
Even an Aadhar card number in the name of Gaurav, who never possessed the document, was provided along with an incorrect PAN card number, Rai said.
Kumar allegedly sold the plot to another party for Rs 10.7 crore after registering the property.
Police said Gaurav found out about the fraud when a property dealer known to the Narulas alerted the family about the deed linked to the plot, which is currently fenced off with a boundary wall.
"A case was registered at the DLF Sector 29 police station under BNS sections for cheating, forgery and impersonation, and the investigation was conducted by the Economic Offences Wing-I," ASI Sandeep Kumar, police spokesperson, said.
Kumar was arrested from Ferozepur on Thursday and cops are on the lookout for the other accused.
(With TOI inputs)
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