LUCKNOW: As many as 14 more FIRs were registered against Ansal API at Sushant Golf City police station in Lucknow. Earlier, two cases were lodged at Gomtinagar and Hazratganj police stations. The company’s directors are accused of cheating buyers for failing to deliver plots and villas, despite taking substantial payments.
Several affected buyers accused Ansal Infra’s directors of fraud and intimidation when they inquired about their undelivered properties. One of the biggest fraud claims comes from Anupam Agarwal, a resident of Emaar Gomti Greens, who paid Rs 2.32 crore in Sep 2022 for a 1,528 sq ft plot. He was assured immediate registration but found the land was already sold for Rs 3.33 crore to another buyer. He alleged the accused attempted to extort Rs 2 crore in black from him.
Several buyers filed complaints against the Ansal Group, detailing significant financial losses. Some of them include: Retired Army Captain Kanhaiya Lal who lost Rs 12.81 lakh, Rakesh Chandra Srivastava of Gomtinagar Extension who lost Rs 3.5 lakh, Pushplata Bajpai of Aliganj who lost Rs 13.21 lakh, Veena Chandani of Aashiana who lost Rs 16.63 lakh, Arun Kumar of Azamgarh who lost Rs 17.50 lakh, Birendra Kumar Giri of Lucknow who lost Rs 30 lakh, Prashant Kumar who lost Rs 24 lakh, Umashankar Mishra who lost Rs 30.74 lakh, Sadia Bano who lost Rs 7.02 lakh, Ashish Kaushal who lost Rs 10.92 lakh, Anju Goel who lost Rs 23.02 lakh, Naveen Kumar Singh who lost Rs 5.71 lakh, while Kailash Chandra of Omaxe City faced non-registration of three plots. All have accused the API owners and promoters of fraud.Investors accused Ansal Properties & Infrastructure directors, including Pranav Ansal, Sushil Ansal, Rajeshwar Rao, Vikas Singh, Vinay Tiwari, Prashant, and Manoj Kapoor, of orchestrating one of the largest real estate frauds in UP’s history.
