Two patwaris, 3 others booked for cheating Omaxe

Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 11

The Vigilance Bureau has booked five persons, including two patwaris, for cheating a real estate firm, Omaxe, and benefitting another firm, Ambika Realcon, in a two-year-old case.

The suspects have been identified as Diwakar Bansal, Ritesh Sehgal, Harsh Bhargav and Dhode Majra patwaris Baljit Singh and Lekh Raj.

On a statement of Vigilance Bureau DSP Puneet Singh, a case under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has

been registered at the Vigilance Bureau police station in Mohali.

Omaxe employees Diwakar Bansal, Ritesh Sehgal and Harsh Bhargav used internal information of the firm to benefit another firm for personal gains and also caused loss to the state exchequer, the police said.

The suspects gave false information for Change of Land Use (CLU) of a land and cheated buyers by selling them flats on the land, the police said.