Nagpur: Gittikhadan police have registered a cheating case against a 55-year-old property dealer for allegedly duping a businessman of ₹26.5 lakh by promising to sell 13 residential plots despite allegedly not being their lawful owner.
The accused has been identified as Yogesh Vijaykumar Thakre (55), a resident of Government Press Society in Dabha. Police have booked him under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
According to the complaint lodged by Shivshankar Sahu (24), a resident of Sitabuldi, he was introduced to Thakre through a mutual acquaintance, Gopal Maharana, who told him that Thakre was involved in property dealing.
Sahu subsequently visited Thakre’s office near Dabha Square along with Maharana and another acquaintance, Yogesh Shukla. During the meeting, Thakre allegedly claimed that he had purchased 13 residential plots in Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University Society and offered to sell the properties for ₹2.16 crore.
Police said that before execution of the sale deed, Thakre allegedly collected ₹25 lakh from Sahu in instalments as an advance. He allegedly sought another ₹1.5 lakh claiming that the money was required to clear property taxes, taking the total amount paid by the complainant to ₹26.5 lakh.
An agreement concerning the 13 plots was reportedly executed on June 26, 2025.
However, when Sahu later asked Thakre to execute the registered sale deed, the accused allegedly began delaying the process. Even after Sahu approached him with the remaining amount to complete the transaction, Thakre allegedly refused to proceed with the sale.
Sahu subsequently approached the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), where an inquiry allegedly revealed that none of the 13 plots were registered in Thakre’s name.
Police further alleged that Thakre had entered into a separate agreement with the actual plot holders on July 8, 2025, paying them only ₹1 lakh under an agreement executed on a ₹100 stamp paper.
Based on the complaint and preliminary inquiry, police alleged that Thakre, despite not being the lawful owner of the properties and allegedly lacking valid ownership documents, entered into a sale agreement with Sahu and collected ₹26.5 lakh from him.
Further investigation is underway to establish the complete details of the property transactions and the money trail.
