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Bengaluru: The Seshadripuram police have arrested five people for allegedly cheating the Bnagalore Development Authority (BDA) by forging documents related to a six-acre plot in Chalaghatta.
The suspects — Srinivas, Nagaraj, Ravikumar, Bharath and Swamy — were taken into custody. While Nagaraj remains in police custody, the other four have been remanded to judicial custody.
The FIR said they are among 19 people accused of submitting fake documents to the BDA in an attempt to claim Rs 70 crore in compensation for the land.
The FIR also accuses Dr Sudha, BDA’s Special Land Acquisition Officer; Dr Shivanna, Assistant Commissioner (Bengaluru South); and Raviprakash PN, a surveyor, along with other BDA and revenue officers, of colluding with the suspects.
The report states that the officials were involved in falsifying documents and neglected their duties.
A case was registered on October 10 under sections of the Indian Penal Code, including charges of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy.