Vishnu Agarwal was detained by the ED on suspicion of buying and selling land fraudulently in the Ranchi land scam

 Vishnu Agarwal was detained by the ED on suspicion of buying and selling land fraudulently in the Ranchi land scam

News about Ranchi Land Scam Operator of Nucleus Mall Vishnu Agarwal has been detained by the ED as the 13th suspect in the Ranchi land scam investigation. On Monday, the ED had called Vishnu Aggarwal in for interrogation. After being questioned, the ED apprehended Vishnu Agarwal, who arrived at the ED office at 4 o'clock.

Ranchi: As the thirteenth defendant in the Ranchi land scam case, the ED has now detained Vishnu Agarwal, the manager of Nucleus Mall. On Monday, the ED had called Vishnu Aggarwal in for interrogation. After being questioned, the ED apprehended Vishnu Agarwal, who arrived at the ED office at 4 o'clock. On Tuesday, Vishnu Agarwal will be presented before the special court by the ED.

Vishnu had already been summoned by the ED for interrogation on July 17, but he had requested further time, citing sickness. After issuing a second summons, the ED contacted him on July 26; at that time, Vishnu Aggarwal had requested further time, citing worship. After that, on July 31, the ED summoned him for a third time, and instead of arriving at 11 am, he arrived at 4pm.

What have Vishnu Agarwal's victims said?

Vishnu Agarwal is charged with purchasing and selling several lands in Ranchi on the black market. The claims of altering the initial paperwork for a one-acre plot of property on Cheshire Home Road, changing the identity of the original renter, and registering and modifying the land have all been proven true.

The ED has also stepped up its probe into Vishnu Aggarwal in the matter of the acquisition and sale of a plot in Pugadu as well as another site near Sirmtoli Chowk that was occupied by the Army.

The two people, DC Chhavi Ranjan and Vishnu Aggarwal, have a strong friendship.

Chhavi Ranjan, who was Ranchi's deputy commissioner at the time, and Vishnu Agarwal were close friends. Vishnu Agarwal was put in unlawful possession of the unsellable land at Pugadu in Namkum Mauza by Chhavi Ranjan. The ED has obtained the raiyats' and other witnesses' statements in this matter on the land.

Chhavi Ranjan paid for his own travel to Goa

In its earlier chargesheet in the matter of the unauthorised sale and purchase of land that the army had occupied, the ED had disclosed that Vishnu Agarwal had carried out the fraud with Chhavi Ranjan's help at the time. Instead, he organised a visit in Goa for Chhavi Ranjan.

To stay and eat at Chhavi Ranjan's Hotel Taj Fort Aguada in Goa, plans had been made. Through one of his employees, Vishnu Aggarwal made a cash payment to a Delhi travel agency for this. The ED discovered this from the data taken from Vishnu Aggarwal's mobile device.

A shocking revelation was made via a mobile device

A startling revelation came from Vishnu Aggarwal's phone. The mutation of one acre of disputed land on Cheshire Home Road in the names of Vishnu Agarwal and his wife Anushree Agarwal was carried out by Manoj Kumar, the then Circle Officer of Badagain, on the oral instructions of Chhavi Ranjan, the then Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi.

Pradeep Bagchi, Afsar Ali, alias Afsu Khan, Saddam Hussain, Imtiaz Ahmed, Talha Khan, Fayaz Khan, and Bhanu Pratap Prasad were all detained on April 14.

The IAS Chhavi Ranjan was suspended on 7 May by the former deputy commissioner of Ranchi.

Dilip Kumar Ghosh and Amit Kumar Agarwal on June 7.

Bharat Prasad and Rajesh Rai on July 3.

31st of July: Vishnu Agarwal.

No payment documentation, both the deed and the raid are bogus.

ED learned from prior investigations that Rajesh Rai and Bharat Prasad were significant members of the land scam fraud organisation. The deed and raiyat for the contested one acre plot of land on Cheshire Home Road in Ranchi's Sadar police station area are both forgeries.

On September 8, 2022, a Sadar police station FIR was filed in response to the court's directive. The ED has also included the aforementioned instance in the ECIR filed in the land fraud. The claimed acre of property on Cheshire Home Road had been illegally occupied, according to the investigation, by Rajesh Rai and Bharat Prasad. The plot number for the aforementioned land is 28 and the account number is 37.

With the aid of his friends, Rajesh Rai faked a deed 184/1948 and granted Imtiaz Ahmed and Bharat Prasad his power of attorney in error. Imtiaz Ahmed and Bharat Prasad sold the stated land to Puneet Bhargava after obtaining Rajesh Rai's power of attorney.

Lakhan Singh, another suspect, also acknowledged that a deed in favour of Puneet Bhargava was made on February 6, 2021. The deed states that it would be sold for Rs. 1 crore 78 lakh 55 thousand 800. Puneet Bhargava only contributed Rs 25 lakh to this from the Shiva Fabkan corporate account.

The balance amount has also been misrepresented in the deed. Only two months after buying the abovementioned land, Puneet Bhargava sold it to Vishnu Agarwal for Rs 1.80 crore. On April 1st, 2021, Vishnu Agarwal acquired the aforementioned land with two selling deeds.

Imtiaz Ahmed was notably detained by the ED in the land fraud case on April 14. Since then, he has been imprisoned. Prem Prakash has a unique relationship with Puneet Bhargava. Prem Prakash, who was detained by the ED last year in the case involving illicit stone mining, is linked to politicians and bureaucrats. Prem Prakash is now incarcerated.