GHAZIABAD: An FIR was registered on Monday against a person for allegedly cheating and submitting forged documents to claim compensation of Rs 4.3 crore for a plot measuring 1.17 hectares that was acquired for expansion of NH-24.The cheating came to light after the accused could not give a proper explanation for the different addresses on Aadhaar card and his bank account.The FIR was registered on a complaint by an employee of the land acquisition wing of the district administration against Natthu Das, a resident of Garhmukteshwar in Hapur , under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) at Kavi Nagar police station.For widening and six-laning of NH-24 in the Hapur-Moradabad stretch, the district administration had acquired the land of 1.17 hectares in Gangadharpur village in Garhmukteshwar.In this regard, Das had sought compensation saying that he was the owner of the acquired land. He had subsequently submitted his Oriental Bank of Commerce account details, along with self-attested copies of PAN card and Aadhaar card and other relevant documents to the land acquisition wing.Later, on January 19 this year, he submitted an affidavit along with his Aadhaar card. During scrutiny of the submitted papers, the officials found that Das had mentioned different residential addresses on his Aadhaar card and bank’s passbook. A clarification was sought from Das, but he could not give any satisfactory explanation.After that, the lekhpal of the region concerned was asked to verify the addresses. On February 4, lekhpal Anil Kumar submitted his report to additional district magistrate (land acquisition) stating that Das was an impersonator as the land belongs to someone else.Moreover, Das had forged lekhpal’s signature on the file submitted by him at the land acquisition office. Kumar further stated that he was yet to prepare the file of the person who is the real owner of the land.ADM (land acquisition) Madan Singh Gabriyal said, “Even as we have caught the cheater at the initial stage, there is a huge possibility that several other people are involved in this scam. We are conducting an internal enquiry into the matter.”

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