Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The Devanahalli police on Saturday arrested four persons including a 20-year-old woman for cheating a businessman and by creating fake documents and sold him 10 guntas of land .
Based on the complaint filed,the police arrested , Sudhakar Reddy,37,Ashok Krishna Chouhan,44, Kumaraswamy,54 and Priya Kumari.
DCP, Northeast division, Anoop A Shetty, told reporters that the accused are into real estate business used to identify unattended land and sites to create fake documents to owned the land.
Using the modus operandi,the accused created fake documents of a couple who owned 10 acres of land and created a fake gift deed to Priya Kumari, claiming to be their daughter.
Using the gift deed they sold the 10 guntas of land to a businessman for Rs 11 lakh. The cheating came to light to when the businessman went to get his documents authenticated and realized that he had been cheated .
Based on the complaint,the police arrested the accused and seized Rs 11 lakh from them.
The police are investigating further to ascertain whether the accused had any similar cheating cases against them.
