Six held for scam involving fake allotment orders
Police said the case came to light after Muthulakshmi of Anna Nagar lodged a complaint saying she had paid 3.5lakh for a house. She was issued a fake allotment order bearing forged govt seals and stamps. Muthulakshmi was one of more than 200 victims who approached the accused through mutual contacts over the past few years.
The suspects assured the victims that the allotment process would be completed once the housing complex was ready, asserting that govt officials would formally hand over the keys during an official function.
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Over time, they offered various excuses to delay the allotments until the victims realised they had been defrauded.
The complaint, submitted to the city police commissioner, was forwarded to the Forgery Investigation Wing of the CCB on Feb 7.
As an investigation led by assistant commissioner M Gayathri and inspector M Sheejarani confirmed the fraud, police arrested Baranitharan, 46, and his wife Ravathi, 40, of Ayanavaram; Rohini Priya, 49, of Chetpet; and Abdul Nasser, 40, of GKM Colony, Villivakkam on Wednesday.
All four were remanded in custody.
On Friday, Gajendran, 38, and his wife Chamundeeshwari, 39, of Ambattur, were also arrested for their involvement in the scam. During searches at Gajendran's residence, officers seized forged govt seals, stamps, and other incriminating documents. The couple was remanded in judicial custody the same day.
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