Three booked for duping man of over Rs 8 lakh

A government official and two employees of a private company have been booked for allegedly duping a man of over Rs 8 lakh on the pretext of getting him a flat in Lucknow, police said today.
According to the FIR registered yesterday in Civil Lines police station area, the victim, a Rampur resident, was approached by the government official, who advised him to buy a flat in Lucknow, Circle Officer, Rampur Police, Aley Hassan said.
The victim then visited Lucknow where he was contacted by the employee of the private company who took him to visit the flat 'site', police said.

On May 19, a senior official of the same private company also met the victim and 'booked' the flat after a cash payment of over Rs 4 lakh, while the rest of the amount, in excess of Rs 4 lakh was transferred to the account of the senior official of the company, police said.
The 'papers' of the company were then handed over to the victim, by the accused on May 23 in Rampur, police said.
However, another broker later apprised the victim that the flat in question had already been alloted to someone else and that broker company was not recognised as it was "blacklisted".