new Delhi . Delhi Police has arrested a notorious land mafia and inter-state fraudster from Nashik in Maharashtra for duping people of Rs 1,000 crore on the pretext of allotting flats in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida. A senior police officer has given this information on Friday.
The accused, identified as Piyush Tiwari (42) alias Puneet Bhardwaj, was also declared a fugitive in the cheating cases in 2018 and a reward of Rs 50,000 was also announced against him.
Giving details, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sagar Singh Kalsi said that on March 20, an information was received through sources that a fugitive criminal, Piyush Tiwari, who had a reward of Rs 50,000, was residing somewhere in Nashik, Maharashtra.
Acting on the information, a police team was constituted, which further developed the information and found that the accused was a resident of Nashik and was in the food supply business. The team raided and arrested the accused.
The official said that during interrogation he disclosed that he started his business as a builder in 2011 and had formed eight companies with 15-20 shell companies by 2018.
“After this, accused Piyush’s builder’s business got ruined and he started duping people on the pretext of selling one flat to several buyers to stand in the market,” the DCP said.
After several cases were registered against the accused in this regard, he fled from Delhi and shifted his base in South India in fake name and entered into various businesses.
The accused has been convicted under sections 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or banker, merchant or agent), 420 (cheating and dishonestly abetting the delivery of property), 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) ) has been arrested. The official said that further investigation is on.
—AnyTV News
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