Lucknow Doctor duped of Rs 1.75 cr on pretext of hospital land deal, two booked

Lucknow: A city doctor who runs a private hospital has been duped of Rs 1.75 crore by two men under the pretence that they will provide land for a hospital in Barabanki. Police have registered an FIR following a court order and the duo has been booked in this regard. 

The accused have been identified as Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Gorakhpur and Om Prakash of Bahraich.

The duo is accused of scamming the doctor identified as Dr Virendra Singh Patel who runs Aastha Hospital of Rs 1.75 crores on the pretext of providing 6.3 acres of land on Dewa road.

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The incident goes back to June 2019 when the doctor was in search of land to establish a new hospital in the Barabanki district. Following this, the doctor came into contact with the accused and they promised to provide land near Dewa road.

After much discussion, the doctor and the accused came to a fixed rate of Rs 1.90 crore. The doctor paid Rs 1.75 crore in advance and the rest was decided to be paid after securing the land. The duo received the money through online payments.