Delhi HC: Deepak Kumar Re-Arrested In Fresh Case Of Pan Card Forgery

Delhi HC: Deepak Kumar Re-Arrested In Fresh Case Of Pan Card Forgery 1/21/2009 The Delhi police re-arrested Delhi Development Authority housing scam accused Deepak Kumar for allegedly being involved in a forgery case involving making of multiple Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards. Kumar, who was to be sent to judicial custody, was slapped with another case by the Delhi Police which wanted his police custody extended. In the fresh case, Kumar has been charged of possessing two PAN cards - one in the name of Deepak Kumar and another with the name of Deepak Singh. Kumar, a property dealer, allegedly blew the whistle into the housing scam that rocked capital Delhi soon after results of its draw were announced on December 16 last month. Meanwhile, Economic Offences Wing (EOW) sleuths arrested one Dinesh from Dwarka area of South-West Delhi. Dinesh, a friend of Deepak Kumar, was arrested for allegedly having given two cheques of Rs 4.5 lakh to him. The EOW, however, denied that Dinesh had been arrested in connection with the DDA scam and said he was arrested for impersonation as he had opened a bank account under a fake name of Rajiv. In all four people have been arrested in the scam so far. On January 15, Raju Ram, a property dealer, was arrested from the Dwarka area of South-West Delhi. Earlier the same day, former DDA employee M L Gautam, detained a day earlier for his alleged involvement in the city housing draw racket, was arrested by the sleuths of Delhi Police’s EOW branch. Gautam, detained from his Paschim Vihar residence in West Delhi, was picked up for questioning after his name popped up during the interrogation of Deepak Kumar. Retired in 2005, Gautam worked in the telecom section of the DDA. Sources said it was Gautam, who tutored Kumar -- a property dealer -- to apply under the Scheduled Tribe category to benefit from the DDA draw. Both, residents of Paschim Vihar, had become friends a few months ago during morning walks in the area. Prior to their arrests, the EOW had arrested the prime accused in the case -- former SBI employee Laxmi Narayan Meena (54) -- who hailed from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, in Delhi. Meena, had allegedly provided application forms to villagers in Rajasthan to apply for the houses. The DDA had advertised for allotment under a random lottery system. The DDA had received nearly 5.67 lakh applications for about 5,000 flats, for which a draw of lots was held on December 16. However, following a complaint lodged with the Delhi Police, alleging that the draw had been rigged, the case was taken up by the EOW. UNI

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