Sambalpur: Burla police in Sambalpur district have arrested two persons on charges of impersonation, forgery, cheating, and criminal conspiracy.
The accused identified as Chandrasekhar Biswal alias Mantu (30) and Tengun Haripal (35), informed Sambalpur SP Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo briefing reporters here today.
According to the police, the accused persons Biswal and Haripal contacted the complainant Suryakanta Nahak of Angul in the month of February and convinced him to provide land of AC 1.656 dec. in Burla Mauza for Rs 2,18,59,200.
On 24.02.2023 the accused persons made a sale agreement with the complainant by producing other wrong persons as land owners and made such agreement by impersonation and received cash of Rs 2 lakhs in cash and Rs 28 lakh split in four cheques.
After that when the complainant started developing the land the original land owners Purandar Rana, Nara Rana, Hiranya Rana and Harihara Rana opposed him.
Thereafter on enquiry, the complainant realized that he had been cheated. Immediately he stopped processing of his given cheques but a cheque of Rs 7 lakh was already cleared and the accused persons had already received such money.
During investigation the police team successfully detected the case, apprehended the accused persons and recovered Rs 6,40,000 in cash, one mobile phone, a desktop computer, land selling agreement, Naksa of Burla town and trace map from their possession.
The case is under investigation, the police added.
