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New Delhi, November 17
The Delhi Police economic Offences Wing arrested Rita Dixit and Dr Vijay Kant Dixit, daughter and son-in-law of Jaypee Group founder Jaiprakash Gaur, for allegedly cheating and misappropriating funds of buyers.
The EOW stated that the couple are owners of JC World Hospitality group in Noida. the couple has been allegedly cheating 30 shop owners of around Rs 12 crores on the pretext of allotting them shops in a mall.
A team of EOW took them into custody from their residence in Jaypee Greens in Greater Noida. Rita’s father Gaur founded the Jaypee group conglomerate that owns townships, sports centres, malls and hotels in Delhi and Noida.
The EOW stated that the the Noida authorities complained to EOW that the couple came to them with the project in 2015 but their building plan was rejected.
R K Singh, Additional Commissioner of Police (EOW) stated that the couple launched a project in 2014 named JC World Mall. We received a complaint from a man named Dhirendra Nath last year alleging that he had booked two shops in the mall and paid a sum of Rs 1.75 crore. He was promised possession in 30 months but that did not happen. The builders did not complete the construction work and there has been no update in the last 18 months. It was alleged that the couple were giving false promises to buyers. We have found more than 30 similar complainants.
A case under IPC sections of cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy was registered.
