Woman held for duping people of Rs.3.5 crore
May 23rd, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Wife of a doctor was arrested in the national capital for cheating people of Rs.3.5 crore by selling them the same property, police said.
Usha Johri, 41, resident of Jeevan Park in east Delhi, sold her property in Janakpuri to several people. The accused told police that she committed the crime to fund her sons’ education abroad.
Complainant Mayur Jain purchased the property in Janakpuri for Rs.1.64 crore from Usha and her son Yash Johri. But when he came to visit the place it was occupied by another family, a police officer said.
The family had been sold the same property by Usha. Police probe revealed that the house had been sold to five people.
Usha was arrested May 22 from rented accommodation in Uttam Nagar in west Delhi.
“Usha mortgaged her property to the banks and sold it to several people by executing the sale deed. She took about Rs.3.5 crore from the victims. She did this for her sons’ education who are doctors practicing abroad,” said the official.
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