LUCKNOW: Five more FIRs have been registered against the Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd (API) at Sushant Golf City police station in Lucknow for duping customers of Rs 5.78 crore under the pretext of selling plots and flats.
So far about 70 cases has been lodged against the real estate firm in multi million land scam case.
According to city-based businessman Sanjeev Agarwal , he paid Rs 5 crore in 2022 for a land deal. However, he later discovered that the company fraudulently registered sale deeds for govt land and, in some cases, sold the same land to multiple buyers using forged documents.
In another case, Colonel Kunendra Singh Yadav stated that he booked a 1,291 sq ft flat in the ‘Basera Deluxe’ project in April 2013 by paying Rs 26.11 lakh. Despite the payment, the flat was never handed over to him.
Similarly, Harishankar Jaiswal of Azamgarh, reported that he paid Rs 11.5 lakh in 2010 to book a plot and subsequently paid Rs 20.13 lakh via cheque in 2011 to book a flat. Even after 15 years, he received neither possession of the plot nor the flat.
Another complainant, Shashi Verma from Rajajipuram’s D-Block, alleged that he booked a plot in Ansal’s residential project in 2010 by depositing Rs 11.28 lakh but received neither possession nor refund.
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava of Ashiana, also accused the company of misrepresenting land measurements and collecting Rs 9.94 lakh for a plot booking.