Three people, including two DDA employees, held in fake plot scam

Three people, including two Delhi Development Authority (DDA) employees, were arrested here for duping people of Rs.3.83 crore by allotting fake DDA plots, police said Wednesday.

Gang leader Prem Shankar, currently lodged in Tihar Jail in a similar case for the last nine months, was arrested on 9 September following court permission.

Sharma’s two other associates — Suresh Chand, a serving DDA class IV employee and Harsh Chand, a serving DDA security guard — were arrested Tuesday from their hideouts in Delhi.

Naveen Kumar, 41, Ajay Kumar, 36, Shailender Bhatia, 53, and Padam Singh, 53, were arrested earlier.

Total seven people have been arrested in the case.

They duped several people of Rs 3.83 crore on the pretext of allotting them DDA plots in Delhi.

Police acted on the complaint of Kanwal Sahni of north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar. Sahni had informed police he was assured of plot allotment in DDA office.

‘Sahni even deposited the money in DDA office through bank draft but upon checking, he found the documents relating to allotment were forged,’ said the officer.

He added, ‘Then, three more people also cheated by the same gang came forward.’

During interrogation, the accused said their gang was headed by Sharma, already involved in 17 such cases.