Gurugram Police nabs 5, including cop, lawyer for grabbing NRI's land worth Rs 40 cr
Gurugram (PTI): The Gurugram Police has arrested five people including a lawyer and an assistant sub-inspector in connection with the grabbing of an NRI's land worth Rs 40 crore through fake General Power of Attorney, an officer said Wednesday.
According to police, the accused got an NRI's land worth Rs 40 crore in their name forging papers, showing that they had bought it for Rs 6.6 crore.
At the complaint of one Puran Manchanda, an FIR was registered at Badshahpur Police Station and an SIT was formed to investigate it.
The SIT after investigation arrested one Subhash Chand and his nephew, Advocate Toni Yadav, both residents of Todapur village near Pataudi, Sanjay Goswami, a record keeper at Kalkaji Tehsil in Delhi, Bheem Singh Rathi, a resident of Surya Vihar in Gurugram, and ASI Pradeep of Gurugram Police.
According to police, Subhash Chand and Toni Yadav were arrested on September 19, Sanjay Goswami on September 20, Bheem Singh Rathi on September 26, and ASI Pradeep on Wednesday. Pradeep is accused of taking bribe to help the accused.
All five were produced in a city court Wednesday and sent to judicial custody, said police.
According to police investigation, Subhash Chand knew that the land belonged to an NRI who stays abroad most of the time.
With a view to appropriate the land, Subhash Chand hatched a conspiracy and roped in his nephew Tony Yadav.
According to his plan, Subhash Chand first obtained fake land title, mutation, and sale deed for the land.
Tony had a source in Sanjay Goswami, a temporary employee in the record room of Kalkaji Tehsil, who gave him the real estate book of year 1996 to replace any General Power of Attorney with the fake one.
According to police, Sanjay was paid Rs 5 lakh for the job.
In the fake GPA, a person named Major PK Mehta was made a witness, who died in a helicopter crash in 2001. The second witness was a lawyer named Sandeep, whose signature was forged by Tony.
On the basis of the forged documents, about 1.9 acre land belonging to the NRI was transferred to a person named Vinod, police said.
The accused claimed in the fake papers that the land was bought for Rs 6.6 crore.
During the investigation, ASI Pradeep, posted in the Economic Offences Wing, was found to be taking money from the accused, and was arrested, police said.
"Gurugram Police works on a policy of zero-tolerance towards corruption. Therefore, if any police employee or officer is found involved in any manner, strict action will be taken against him promptly," said Gurugram Police Commissioner Vikas Kumar Arora.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
