Kothrud police have registered a case against two persons on the charge of duping a businessman to the tune of Rs 45 lakh on the pretext of giving him the transfer of development rights (TDR) for a plot located at Sangam Chowk in Kothrud.

The businessman, Prakashmal Shantilal Jain (62), a resident of Rajendra Park society in Shukrawar Peth, has lodged a complaint in this regard against the two persons he has identified as Sanjay Vasant Manjare and Suhas Nanasaheb Ubhe. Police Inspector Kalyan Vidhate of Kothrud police station said the land in this case originally belonged to one Balasaheb Mokate, but it was acquired by the Pune Municipal Corporation in 1980 for constructing a road.