The Kodigehalli police on Sunday registered a cheating case against a city-based builder for allegedly cheating as many as 34 families and making away with lakhs of rupees from them.
One of the victims, who filed a complaint, said she had leased the flat situated at a residential complex in Kodigehalli from the builder identified as A.K. Raghu in November 2023 for ₹26 lakh.
The residents were living there 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 some of them had taken bank loans.
Even the bank officials started visiting the flats with a notice to vacate citing non payment of EMIs.
Shocked, the victims went to the police station to file a complaint, but the police initially refused stating that it was a civil dispute and allegedly blamed the victims for not having done the due diligence while leasing the properties. The victims somehow managed to contact Raghu, who assured them to sort out the issue and bought time to return the money but in vain.
The victims staged a protest 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 that the authorities concerned intervene and resolve the issue.
Published – April 30, 2025 11:19 pm IST