Summary:
Noida, Jan 12 (PTI) An on-duty revenue department team of Gautam Buddh Nagar was allegedly held hostage and intimidated by employees of a real estate developer when it had gone to meet them to recover dues, police said on Wednesday.
Naib tehsildar Ram Krisha alleged he had gone with his team to the Sector 96 project of the Supertech Group on January 5 on the basis of a recovery notice of Rs 112 crore issued against the developer by the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA).
The official said the lift of an under-construction building at the site was "deliberately" stopped by the developer when the revenue department team was on the fourth floor of the building, leaving them gasping for air to breathe, according to the FIR lodged at the local Sector 39 police station.
"The lift was deliberately stopped on instructions of Supertech"s director R K Arora and vice president Vikas Tyagi with an intention to kill us.
The lift remained dysfunctional for one hour.
We could get out of the lift after making a lot of efforts and with the help of the lift firm.