Tirupur: More than 50 people laid siege to the office of the police commissioner in the city on Tuesday, seeking action against a real estate firm, which had dumped them lakhs of rupees by promising to hand them over housing plots at Chinnakalipalayam.The protesters said they have paid thousands of rupees each to buy land at Chinnakalipalayam near Iduvai, but even two years after receiving the money the real estate firm was not ready to hand them over land documents. “At least 150 people from various parts of the city have paid anything between Rs 50,000 and Rs 60,000 each to the firm for buying housing plots at Senthil Nagar in Chinnakalipalayam. The real estate firm is, however, evading our requests to hand over the land and trying to swindle nearly 90 lakh,” said S Rajendran, a protester.The city police commissioner, however, wasn’t present at the station when the people staged the protest. Other police officers pacified the protesters and received their petitions. They assured the protesters that they would conduct a thorough investigation and take action against the real estate firm and help them recover their money. The city police's central crime branch is likely to take over the case, if the firm was found guilty.

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