Yogesh K Porwar
The kodigehalli police on Sunday registered a cheating case against the city based builder for cheating as many as 34 families and made away with lakhs of rupees from them.
The victim according to the complaint has leased out the flats situated in at a residential complex in Kodigehalli from the builder identified as AK Raghu in November 2023 for Rs.26 lakh per each unit .
The residents were living until January 2024 when a group of people came claiming ownership of the flats and asked the occupants to vacate.
Verification revealed that Raghu had sold them the flats and even some of them taken loans from the bank.
Even the bank officials started visiting the flats with a notice to vacate citing the non payment of EMIs.
Shocked victims went to the police station to file a complaint but the police initially refused stating that it was a civil dispute and blamed the victims for not done the due diligence while leasing out the properties .
The victim somehow managed to contact Raghu who assured to sort out the issue and bought time to return the money but in vain.
With losing their hard earned money and no where to go, the victims protested on Wednesday in front of the apartment demanding legal action .
Few of the occupants have been forcibly evacuated and many of the families are living in fear,the victims said demanding the authorities concerned to intervene and resolve the issue .
