Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 2: Crime Branch today registered a case against Kulbhushan Gupta, owner of Sansar Group of Industries, who had taken money from the people but did not give the possession of houses.
According to Crime Branch, Association of Florence Apartments through Harmeen Kour Soodan, wife of Pavandeep Singh Soodan of Nanak Nagar lodged a complaint with the Crime Branch mentioning that Ansal Buildwell Ltd in partnership with Kulbhushan Gupta, owner of Sansar Group of Industries situated at 117-A/D, Gandhi Nagar jointly launched multi-storey housing project on the name of Florence Apartments on Satyam Road, Trikuta Nagar Extension during the year 2008.
The complainants booked their flats as per the prescribed price list and plan of payment but till date they have not been provided the legal possession of the flats/properties despite having made the payment since the last 5-7 years. It was also mentioned in the complaint that the accused even after receiving crores of rupees from the complainants have not completed the project and are finding ways and means to harass the complainants by threatening them through their paid musclemen and depriving them of their right to possession of their respective flats in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy.
On the receipt of this complaint, a preliminary verification was initiated in Crime Branch and the allegations leveled by the complainants were found true. It also came to fore that accused Kulbushan Gupta has cheated and duped about 65-70 aggrieved senior citizens of Jammu including the complainants, who are in dire need of accommodation, by continuously harassing and depriving them of their right to property on one or the other pretext and swindling crores of rupees by criminally misappropriating the same on his personal use.
After completion of investigation, Crime Branch registered a case under Sections 420, 406 RPC against Kulbhushan Gupta.
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