Two arrested for duping woman of Rs 28 lakh for land near Bihta

PATNA: A real estate firm director, Ramesh Kumar, and his employee Deepak Kumar were arrested and sent to jail on Thursday for allegedly duping a Patna-based woman investor of Rs28 lakh in the name of registering a commercial plot of land at Bihta.
The woman said she had taken a home loan of Rs22 lakh and had further withdrawn Rs10 lakh from her EPF to pay overall Rs32 lakh through NEFT and other modes to the duo for purchasing the plot between March and December 2020.
“They never registered the plot in my name. After much efforts, they only returned Rs3.4 lakh. My husband has also been threatened multiple times. I am presently paying an EMI of Rs30,000,” she told this newspaper.
She said the duo started citing litigation on the 2400 square feet plot soon after receiving the payment. “The property shown to me was located around 2km from the ESIC hospital at Bihta,” she said, adding her husband is a senior manager in a central government firm. The woman earlier worked at a senior position in a central government firm.
Shastri Nagar police station SHO Ramashankar Singh said Ramesh is the director of Bhusamvriddhi Infra Private Limited which has its office at AG Colony in Patna.
Singh said both are land mafias and are suspected to have duped several persons like the woman in the name of giving them land.
He said the woman lodged an FIR with the Shastri Nagar police station on June 13 this year, alleging that they have duped Rs32 lakh in the name of registering land.
“The case was found to be true after investigation and both were arrested on Wednesday and sent to judicial custody,” he said.
He said Ramesh lives in a rented accommodation at Nepali Nagar in Chandravihar Colony and is originally a native of Bhushaul under Phulwarisharif police station area of Patna. “Deepak also lived in a rented accommodation at Kumhrar and is a native of Krishnapuri ward number 4 in Supaul,” he added.