Property fraud: Eight arrested

BENGALURU: A gang of eight fraudsters, including a woman, who tried to take possession of a 2,400 square feet plot in Yelahanka area by creating fake property documents have been arrested by the Yelahanka New Town police.

The owner reportedly stays abroad. The accused used to create fake papers of plots owned by NRIs and sell them to gullible buyers.

The gang had created fake records of the 2,400 square feet site, owned by Dr Prashanth Reddy situated at Chikkabommasandra in Yelahanka New Town. Reddy stays abroad, but his father Jaya Prathap Reddy got to know about this and filed a police complaint.

The police have identified the accused as Dharmalingam, 48, a resident of Chikkabommasandra , Manjunath, 43, Pradeep, 28, both residents of Yelahanka, Abdul, 41, Y.R. Manjunath, 51, Abdul Ghani, 67, all residents of Bhadrappa Layout, Shabana Banu, of Shampura and Auto Rama, 43 from Huliyurdurga. Pradeep and Auto Rama are rowdies.