Delhi Police files charge sheet against Gautam Gambhir and others

Delhi Police has filed a supplementary charge sheet before a city court against cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir and several ors for alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating flat buyers. Over 50 flat buyers have filed a complaint alleging that y booked flats in a real estate project in Ghaziab's Indirapuram in 2011 but it did t take off.

Gambhir, a BJP MP, was a director and brand ambassor of joint project of Rudra Buildwell Realty Pvt Ltd and H R Infracity Pvt Ltd, against which a case was lodged in 2016 for allegedly duping people of crores of rupees on pretext of booking apartments in housing project.

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In its charge sheet, police alleged that " developers executed Builder Buyer Agreement with victims in June-July, 2014 even after expiry of sanctioned building plan on June 6, 2013. Developers have been demanding and collecting money from victims unauthorisedly even after June 23, 2013".

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Investors kept in dark

"Investors have been deliberately kept in dark about litigations involving HR proposed site of land. Authorities cancelled sanction/approval etc. for project on April 15, 2015, due to default of payments of requisite license fees, etc. and n-compliance of or formalities," final report said.

Besides Gambhir and firm, charge sheet also includes name its or promoters — Mukesh Khurana, Gautam Mehra, and Babita Khurana — as accused. report was filed under various sections, including 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 34 ( criminal act is done by several persons in furrance of common intention), of IPC.

complainants have alleged that " project was extensively promoted and vertised and Gambhir, as brand ambassor, helped in attracting and inviting buyers to invest in project".

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