Lucknow Special Task Force (STF) recently apprehended six members of a well-organized gang involved in a sophisticated land fraud racket targeting unclaimed plots under the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA). The gang duped buyers by forging ownership documents and selling vacant plots with counterfeit papers.
The accused — Achleshwar Gupta alias Bablu Gupta (52), Ram Bahadur Singh (58), Sachin Singh alias Amar Singh Rathore (26), Mukesh Maurya alias Rangi (36), Rahul Singh (35), and Dhananjay Singh (34) — each had designated roles in the operation.
According to Deputy SP Deepak Kumar Singh, the gang identified unoccupied LDA plots whose real owners were inactive. They gathered details of these properties and fabricated ownership documents including fake sale deeds, registry papers, and mutation records. To legitimize transactions, the gang produced counterfeit Aadhaar cards and identity proofs mimicking the original owners.
Sachin Singh acted as a mediator, attracting buyers with low-cost land deals, while gang members posed as real estate agents presenting forged documents. Rahul Singh arranged fake witnesses to facilitate the registration process, aided by corrupt officials who helped bypass legal checks.
Funds from the sales were swiftly transferred through multiple bank accounts to avoid detection. Ram Bahadur Singh specialized in document forgery, while Mukesh Maurya prepared counterfeit identity proofs for transactions.
Police investigations continue to identify additional links and victims in this complex land scam.
