PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun
A fresh case of cheating has been registered against builder Deepak Mittal in Dehradun, marking yet another addition to his growing criminal record. The complaint filed at Rajpur police station accuses Mittal and his associates of embezzling crores of rupees from a real estate company by misusing their official positions and manipulating company funds.
The Dehradun senior superintendent of police Ajai Singh said that according to the FIR, complainant Aryan Walia, a resident of Race Course, Dehradun, stated that his father, Rajpal Walia came into contact with Mittal regarding a land transaction. Mittal, a resident of Devpura in Haridwar, introduced himself as the director of Pushpanjali Realms and Infratech, a real estate company.
He allegedly proposed a housing project on the Walia family’s land and assured profits in return. Trusting the proposal, Walia’s father handed over land worth crores of rupees to the company. In exchange, Mittal appointed him as a director and partner in the firm, while retaining his own position as director, as per the complaint, Singh said.
The FIR alleges that in 2019, Mittal, in collusion with Manish Gupta, director of AMV Developers, diverted Rs 3.32 crore from the company’s account. Also, with the help of his associate Manish Garg, Mittal allegedly embezzled Rs 2.47 crore and with Garg’s wife, Vinita Garg, he siphoned another Rs 1.71 crore.
The funds were first transferred to Mittal’s personal account and then moved to accounts of the accused. Later, the same funds were reportedly routed back into the company’s account under the guise of flat bookings in an attempt to conceal the fraudulent transactions. The complaint further states that several buyers who paid the company for flats never received possession.
The accused allegedly misappropriated the funds received from customers through internal collusion and fraud. The SSP said that based on the findings of the preliminary investigation, the police registered FIR number 140/25 under sections 406, 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code at Rajpur Police Station. Singh informed that Deepak Mittal and his wife Rakhi Mittal already face nine other cases of cheating and charges under the Gangster Act. Police have issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him and the process of issuing a Red Corner Notice has been completed at the district level, he added.
