Regulatory

Lucknow police arrests individual for duping over 100 people

LUCKNOW: A man accused of orchestrating a massive real estate fraud racket targeting Army and paramilitary personnel was arrested by a joint team of the UP STF and Lucknow police. The accused, Pramod Kumar Upadhyay, 46, allegedly duped over 100 people by selling them fake or disputed plots of land across Lucknow and surrounding areas. The arrest took place on June 15 near Jyotinagar, when the STF received intelligence that Upadhyay would be visiting his now-defunct office near Kanha Upvan in Mohanlalganj to retrieve documents. A team led by additional SP (STF) Lal Pratap Singh apprehended him before he could…