Woman wanted in Gurugram-Manesar land scam held in Mumbai by Delhi Crime Branch

A woman who was allegedly wanted in more than 23 criminal cases of cheating in Delhi and Haryana including GurugramManesar industrial model township land grab scam was arrested from Mumbai by a team of Delhis Crime Branch officials said on SundayRavindra Singh Yadav Special Commissioner of Police Crime said that the accused was identified as Sona BansalThe team of ARSC Crime Branch meticulously worked on detecting the most wanted fugitive couple Inspector Arun Sindhu got a tip off about the accused who was hiding in Mumbai The information was developed and the team was sent to MumbaiA raid was conducted in a high end society in Mumbai and Sona Bansal was arrested from there Her husband Atul Bansal was not found there and his whereabouts are being ascertained Though both are natives of Delhi they had been residing there with the assumed identities of Mrs Sulochana and Arun Gupta prepared fake and forged documents said the policeDuring interrogation she claimed that her husband died a few years ago but she has failed as of now to prove her claimsAlso Read Mumbai Man involved in 39 cases of sextortion nabbed from GhatkoparWhat is the caseAccused Atul Bansal and his wife Sona Bansal were wanted in several high profile white collar economic crimes including the GurugramManesar Industrial Model Township Land Grab Scam amounting to Rs 1500 crore Both were the directors of the builder firm named after their son Aditya Build Well ABW Infrastructure LimitedThe Enforcement Directorate ED had initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of the FIR registered at Manesar police station Gurugram and thereafter investigation was taken up by the AntiCorruption Bureau Central Bureau of Investigation CBI against themSeveral alleged persons including Atul Bansal and his wife Sona Bansal of ABW Infrastructure Limited were chargesheeted by the ED which found in its probe that the accused grabbed the land from farmers and landholders at nominal rates by instilling in them the fear of acquisition of their landBelieving the accused and under the fear of losing their land to acquisition the farmers and land holders sold their lands to such private entities who ultimately sold the same to various builders who obtained licences and gained handsome profits in a fraudulent mannerMost of the land parcels were purchased by ABW Infrastructure Ltd group which were controlled by Atul Bansal Sona Bansal and others After obtaining licenses ABW Infrastructure Limited further sold the licensedunlicensed lands and building licences to some private personsThe CBI also registered a criminal case against the accused persons in September 2015 for duping farmers and grabbing their 400 acres land at throw away prices At that time the land was valued at around Rs 1600 crore but the same were bought by the alleged builders for around Rs 100 crore onlyIn 2018 the Panchkula Court declared them Proclaimed Offenders Cash reward of Rs 50000 was also declared by Delhi Police on her arrestApart from this land scam the firm also did not deliver any of its projects to the buyersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever