Two Nabbed By EOW In Land Fraud Case

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar arrested two persons in connection with a case of fraud on Monday.

The accused have been identified as Sabita Das of Rahama, Jagatsinghpur and Aditya Sahoo of Manjaripada, Athagarh.

Investigation revealed that one Harish Kumar of Gurgaon, NCR could have been duped by the accused Aditya Sahoo towards the purchase of the aforementioned land in the name of Rangalata Swain being negotiated for Rs 3 crore.

The fraudster Aditya Sahoo had sent all land-related documents through WhatsApp to Harish Kumar and for which Harish Kumar had sent an advance amount of Rs 50,000 through PhonePay, the EOW stated.

“However, the victim Harish Kumar was a restraint to move forward with the deal after he got the said land papers verified by his lawyer in Cuttack and found them to be fraudulent.”

In another case, the accused Aditya Sahoo had deceived one Har Prasad Srichandan working as Havildar in SS Battalion, Commissionerate Police, Bhubaneswar.

In this regard, an agreement towards the sale of the land was executed between accused Aditya Sahoo on behalf of fake Rangalata Swain & Ipsita Srichandan, wife of Har Prasad Srichandan in the year 2022, in Bhubaneswar Court.

“An amount of Rs 2 lakh was handed over in cash by the victim Har Prasad Srichandan to the fraudster Aditya Sahoo as advance. This gang could be involved in many other such cases which are being scrutinized by EOW and action would be initiated in all such cases,” the EOW stated.