Five arrested for Rs 5 cr fraud in Gurugram

The Gurugram police have busted a gang of fraudsters and arrested five individuals, including a property dealer, who allegedly defrauded around Rs 5 crore of the award for the acquired land near SPR Road by making a fake claim in Gurugram court.

The police have recovered a car, Rs 69.65 lakh in cash, three mobile phones, an Aadhaar card, and two Election Commission letters from their possession. After being produced before a city court, the accused were remanded to judicial custody.

According to the police, the arrested accused were identified as Tushar (21), Krishan Kumar (50), Dinesh Kashyap (38), Pankaj Kumar (47) and Sushil Kumar Darda (48).

According to the police, a complaint was received on January 29 from the district court alleging that an individual had posed as the owner of an acquired land parcel and, using forged documents, had fraudulently claimed compensation through the court. The money was later transferred into a fake bank account. An FIR was registered at Shivaji Nagar Police Station and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up to probe the case.

During the investigation, the SIT arrested five suspects. Interrogation revealed that the accused, led by property dealer Dinesh Kashyap, hatched a plan to defraud the government’s land acquisition compensation process. As part of this conspiracy, accused Krishan posed as a fake Brahm Prakash, the landowner. Tushar and Dinesh prepared forged identity documents in the same name and used them to open a bank account in Nagpur, Maharashtra. A lawyer was then engaged to file a compensation claim case in Gurugram court, backed by forged documents.

A senior SIT officer explained: “On the basis of fake documents, the accused fraudulently secured a total compensation of Rs 4.97 crore along with Rs 15.19 lakh in interest. The money was released via demand draft into the fake Brahm Prakash account in Nagpur. Thereafter, the amount was divided: Dinesh received Rs 1.9 crore, Sushil and Pankaj took Rs 25 lakh each, Tushar got Rs 9 lakh, while the remainder was shared among Krishan and other associates. Efforts are underway to trace and arrest the absconding accused, including the lawyer involved in the scam.”