Fresh Case Of Forgery Against Whistle-Blower Deepak In DDA SCAM

Fresh Case Of Forgery Against Whistle-Blower Deepak In DDA SCAM 19 Jan 2009, 1319 hrs IST, Rahul Tripathi, TNN NEW DELHI: The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has registered a fresh case of cheating and forgery against Deepak Kumar in the DDA allotment scam, after the police found incriminating evidence that Deepak was carrying two PAN cards in different names. Deepak is the ‘whistle-blower’ of the scam. One of the cards was procured through forged documents. Kumar was arrested on January 11 by the EOW of the Delhi Police. The 30-year-old law graduate and property dealer was the second arrest made by the police. The cop said, during the search operation, they found incriminating material, including the two PAN cards. One of the PAN cards that the cops found was in the name of Deepak Kumar, the other was in the name of Deepak Singh. Investigation further revealed that card in the name of Deepak Singh had a different date of birth. On subsequent verification from the Income Tax Department, it was revealed that Deepak had given a forged date of birth certificate for the second PAN card. Delhi police have arrested four persons so far, including Deepak, in this scam. Former DDA staffer M L Gautam, who cops believe could be the mastermind of the scam has earlier told police that he had given 1200 applications under the SC category, out of which he got 38 flats. Deepak is a law graduate and first met the scamsters back in July 2008 when he was approached by fellow property agents to participate in the scam. It was in beginning October that he decided to blow the lid off the scam and filed a complaint along with Raj, a former Revenue services officer and an active RTI activist.

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