Nagpur: 2 booked for duping man of Rs 65 lakh while selling flat

Two persons have been for booked in Nagpur for allegedly duping a man of Rs 65 lakh in the process of selling a flat, a police official said on Monday.

Victim Prafulla Sawal (48) purchased a flat from Suryakant Motghare for a sum of Rs 65 lakh in 2014 but the latter continued to delay getting the transaction registered, the Lakadganj police station official said.

Motghare, meanwhile, sold the flat to one Rupesh Shah on the basis of forged documents. On Sawal’s complaint, a case of cheating and other offences has been registered against Motghare and Shah, he said.