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Dehradun, August 30 (HS). The ED i.e. Enforcement Directorate's action is going on in five states in the fake registry scam case. Talking about Uttarakhand, raids are going on at the locations of land mafia, government employees-officers working in the registry office, government lawyers and some builders involved in the fake registry case in Dehradun and Rishikesh.
It is noteworthy that the first case was registered in the fake registry case in July 2022. After that 18 cases were registered continuously, in which more than 20 accused have been arrested and sent to jail. If sources are to be believed, on Friday, the ED team arrived in 25 vehicles in Dehradun and is conducting raids at different locations. Some teams have also reached Rishikesh. Raids are going on at many locations including Rajpur Road, Dalanwala, Akashdeep Colony in Dehradun. Along with this, raids are also going on at the houses of the main two accused lawyers Imran and Kamal Virmani in the fake registry case. Kamal Virmani was arrested on 27 August 2023. According to the information, a team of about 15 people of ED has reached one location. According to sources, ED is collecting documents, papers and many important information during the raid. It is being told that this raid is expected to last till late night.
The report was given to ED in January 2024
Doon Police has registered a total of 13 cases in connection with the fake registry scam. The accused involved in the entire scam have also been arrested. A detailed report was given to the ED in January 2024 in view of the possibilities of money laundering by the accused of the fake registry scam and the scam. It has been learned that raids are being conducted by the ED in connection with the accused of the fake registry scam and others. However, the police do not have any official information in this regard yet.
It is worth noting that on July 15, 2023, Dehradun Assistant Inspector General Registration Sandeep Srivastava had lodged a complaint, in which it was said that by hatching a conspiracy with the connivance of the accused, different land sale documents were tampered with in the Sub Registrar Office I and II. On the basis of the complaint, a case was registered in Kotwali Nagar Dehradun. After this, an SIT team was formed. The SIT team extracted information from the Registrar Office, then collected information about more than 30 registries related to the ring road. Also questioned many people. During the inquiry and investigation, the names of some property dealers came to the fore, on questioning them, the names of many people involved in the fraud came to the fore. After this, the team searched the bank accounts of many suspicious people, in which transactions worth crores of rupees came to the fore. Apart from this, many such documents were found with them, which were obtained from the Registrar Office through fraud. After this, the SIT arrested Santosh Agarwal, Deep Chand Agarwal, Makhan Singh, Dalchand, lawyer Imran Ahmed, Ajay Chhetri, Rohtash Singh, Vikas Pandey, Kunwar Pal alias KP, Kamal Virmani and Vishal Kumar. After their arrest, the fraud was revealed layer by layer.