Neeraj Arora (File)
In a major breakthrough in the multi-crore Nature Heights Infra Scam, the joint teams of Fazilka and Faridkot police have arrested the main accused Neeraj Thatai alias Neeraj Arora, who was absconding for the last 8-9 years and declared Proclaimed Offender (PO), from district Poudi in Uttarakhand.
The development came close on the heels of the arrest of Amandeep Kamboj alias Aman Skoda of Fazilka, who was PO in eight cases and in 18 cases he jumped bail. He was arrested by the PO staff of Fazilka Police from Varanasi Uttar Pradesh on March 15.
IGP Faridkot Range Gursharan Singh Sandhu and DIG Ferozepur Range Ranjit Singh Dhillon told the media that Police teams from both the districts headed by SP Investigation Fazilka Pardeep Singh Sandhu and DSP Narcotics Faridkot Iqbal Singh Sandhu under the overall supervision of SSP Faridkot Harjit Singh and SSP Fazilka Dr Pragya Jain successfully arrested the most wanted criminal Neeraj Arora from Shri Nagar Garhwal in district Poudi, Uttarakhand.
The DIG said that the accused was using fake IDs to evade his arrest. The accused has more than 1200 acres of land, and 200 residential flats in Punjab and MP state worth more than Rs 1,000 crores, he said.Neeraj Arora, arrested by Fazilka Police in February 2016, had jumped bail and was declared PO in February 2017. Currently, he is PO in at least 92 cases. The Enforcement Directorate has also registered cases and attached properties of Neeraj Thatai.
Police have recovered one luxury BMW car, mobile phones and fake documents from the possession of accused Neeraj Arora.
The IGP said that the accused has been facing as many as 108 first information reports (FIRs) registered in 21 districts for defrauding people by promising money or plots to people in the state.
Neeraj Arora, arrested by Fazilka Police in February 2016, had jumped bail and was declared PO in February 2017. Currently, he is PO in at least 92 cases. The Enforcement Directorate has also registered cases and attached properties of Neeraj Thatai.
The DIG said that the accused was using fake IDs to evade his arrest. The accused has more than 1200 acres of land, and 200 residential flats in Punjab and MP state worth more than Rs 1,000 crores, he said.