Delhi Police EOW arrested office bearer of Aerocity Dwarka Multi State CGHS Society
New Delhi, March 23
The Delhi Police EOW arrested office bearer of Aerocity Dwarka Multi State CGHS Society in connection to DDA land pooling scam.
The accused was identified as Aakash Bhardwaj of Mansarovar Park in Shahdara.
Bhardwaj is the office bearers of M/s Aerocity Dwarka Multi State CGHS Limited Society holding post of Vice-Chairman in the Society and is also authorized signatory in the bank accounts of M/s Aerocity Dwarka Multi State CGHS Limited Society.
The EOW had received several individual FIRs were already registered against various Societies such as - Rudra Welfare Society, Eminent Officers Welfare Society and Aerocity Dwarka, Dwarka Heights etc.
According to the EOW, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) envisaged a policy in the name of Land Pooling Policy for ensuring availability of sufficient houses under planned development of Delhi and in anticipation of this scheme, various Builders and promoters grabbed it as an opportunity to exploit the situation by showing rosy pictures to innocent flat buyers and raised huge amounts from them for advance bookings in the name of registration/allotment etc.
As per the report procured from DDA, it has not issued any license or approval to any of these Societies and no one is authorized to advertize/Market/book/sell/invite persons to purchase any plot/flat in any project under the land pooling area, without any prior registration of the project under RERA, officials added.
The EOW has so far arrested six accused office bearers of M/s Aerocity Dwarka Multistste CGHS Ltd.
During a span of only one year, more than Rs. 29 crores were collected from approx. 250 gullible investors in the garb of providing DDA approved flats under Land Pooling Policy of DDA and only 6.75 crores have been utilized for purchase of dedicated land for questioned project of the society and remaining 22.25 crores (approx) have been misappropriated and siphoned off to various other entities. During investigation, it has been revealed that almost all cheques through which the funds of Society of approx Rs.20 Crores were diverted to one M/s Easing Life consultant Pvt Ltd without any justification and it bears signatures of accused Aakash Bhardwaj and other office bearers.
The officials added that various attractive schemes were being floated in the market by different societies or builders in the name of DDA’s Land Pooling Policy demanding registration fee/ initial payment booking of property/ flats. However, DDA has not issued any license or authorized any develop/ builder/ society/ company to undertake the process of development in the sectors under land pooling policy. Further, DDA shall be able to issue such provisional/ final development licenses , once the sector is qualified for development.
As per the notified policy , in order to make the sector eligible for development, a minimum of 70% contiguous land of the developable area within the sector free of encumbrances, is to be pooled. As per the investigation and the contents available on the alleged website, it has come out that the name of land pooling policy of DDA has been used to give an impression and spread a message in the masses that the projects are duly authorized by the competent authority. In this way, the facts have been misrepresented and the material information with regard to the DDA’s approval pertaining to the proposed projects has been suppressed in order to induce the public at large, the officials said.
CAUTION FOR CITIZENS
The citizens are advised to take special precautions before investing in any such scheme and read carefully the specific guidelines and instructions issued from time to time by the DDA in this regard. Any aggrieved person may approach the office of Economic Offences Wing, Mandir Marg Police Station Complex, Mandir Marg, New Delhi and file his/her complaint on any working day in office hours. The complaints may also be sent electronically at dcp-eow-dl@nic.in.
