by naveenarichwal » Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:25 pm
FIR against ERA and Finance Company
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FIRST INFORMATION REPORT
(Under Section 154 Cr.P.C. )
( Internet Copy )
1. District: CRIME AND RAILWAYS P.S: E.O.W YEAR: 2015 FIR NO: 0022 DATE: 18/02/2015
2. Act(s): Section(s):
(1)IPC 1860 34
(2)IPC 1860 406
(3)IPC 1860 420
3. Occurence of Offence:
(a) Day: Wednesday Date From: Date To:
Time Period: Time From: hrs Time To: hrs
(b) Information received at P.S: Date: 18/02/2015 Time: 18:00 hrs
(c) Daily Diary Reference : Entry No: 13A Time: 18:00 hrs
4. Type of Information: WRITTEN
5. Place of Occurrence:
(a) Direction and Distance from P.S: 0.00KM Beat No:
(b) Address: B- 39 G.F., NEW FRIENDS COLONY NEW DELHI,NEW DELHI
(c) In case, Outside the limit of the Police Station:
Name of P.S: District:
6. Complainant / Informant :
(a) Name: NANDAN SINGH (S/O)
(b) Date/Year of Birth: 0 Nationality: INDIAN
(c) Passport No: Date of Issue: Place of Issue:
(d) Occupation:
(e) Address: C 5C/9B JANAK PURI NEW DELHI
7. Details of Known / Suspected / Unknown accused with full particulars(attach separate sheet if necessary).:
(1) DEWAN HOUSING FINACE CORPORATION LTD
(2) MS MANISHA BHARANA
(3) SUMIT BHARANA
(4) PARAG RAO
(5) Y N KARMBHOOMI
(6) HEM CHAND BHARANA
(7) BK VINAYAK
(8) ARVIND KUMAR BIRLA
(9) MR BIJENDER SINGH
(10) AMIT BHARNA
(11) JL KHUSHU
(12) SANJAY GUPTA
(13) KAPIL WADHWAN
(14) RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA
(15) ANIL KUMAR
(16) VAIBHAV BHARANA
(17) BMR REAL ESTATE P LTD
(18) SHANKAR TRIPATHI
(19) AK SETH
(20) NV SINGH
(21) MS RASHMI BHARANA
(22) ERA GROUP AND ITS ASSOCIATES COMPANY
(23) ADITYA PURI
(24) KRISHN KANT
(25) INFRACON P LTD
(26) MADHYAM REAL ESTATE
(27) ISHWAR SINGH GULIA
(28) PP MAHINDRA
(29) VISION PLUS PROPERTIES
(30) MR SANJAY CHAWLA
(31) AMARJIT GUPTA
8. Reason for delay in reporting by the complainant informant:
9. Particulars of properties stolen/ involved(attach separate sheet if necessary):
Sl. Property Type(Description) Est Value(Rs.) Status
10. Total value of property stolen:
11. Inquest Report / U.D. Case No., if any:
12. F.I.R Contents(attach separate sheet,if required):
To, The Special CP, Crime Police Head Quarters ITO New Delhi . Subject :- CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST ERA GROUP AND ITS ASSOCIATE COMPANY, I.E., ADEL LANDMARKS LTD. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ERA LANDMARKS LTD. HEREINAFTER AS -"DEVELOPER"), HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE B-:N, GROUND FLOOR, NEW FRIENDS COLONY (WEST) NEW DELHI-noo65, ALSO AT 153-0KHLA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PHASE-III, NEW DELHI-11oo2o AND ITS SUBSIDERY COMPANIES BEING IDENTITY BUILDTECH PVT.LTD., HEADWAY BUILDCON PVT.LTD, DESERTMOON REALTORS, COUNTRYWIDE PROMOTERS THROUGH ITS DIRECTORS, AND AGAINST PRESENT DIRECTORS OF ADEL LANDMARKS, i.e., MR.SUMIT BHARANA MR.ARVIND KUMAR BIRLA, MS. MANISHA BHARANA, MR.RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA AND AGAINST DIRECTORS ADEL LANDMARKS) , i.e., MS. RASHMI BHARANA, MR.SANJAY CHAWLA, MR.HEM SINGH BHARANA, MR.ISHWAR SINGH GULIA, MR.P.P. MAHINDRA, MR.KRISHN KANT, MR.AMARJIT GUPTA, MR.ANIL KUMAR MEHTA, MR.J.L. KHUSHU, MR.BIJINDER SINGH, MR.A.K. SETH, MR.B.K. VINAYAK, MR.N.V. SINGH, MR.AMIT BHARANA, MR.VAIBHAV BHARANA, MR.SANJAY GUPTA, AND AGAINST B.M.R. REAL ESTATE (P) LTD., Y.N.KARMBHOOMI, INFRACON (P) LTD. MADHYAM REAL ESTATE, FARIDABAD, VISION PLUS PROPERTIES THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS/PARTNERS, GANPATI ASSOCIATES AND AGAINST DEWAN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION LTD (DHFL) HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT 2N0 FLOOR, WARDEN HOUSE, SIR P.M. ROAD, FORT MUMBAI-400023 AND ITS CORPORATE OFFICE AT DHEERAJ ANNA, 6TH FLOOR, A. K. MARG, STATION ROAD, BANDRA (E), MUMBAI-400051 THROUGH ITS, CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR SH. KAPIL WADHWAN AND ITS PRESIDENT AND CEO MR. SHANKAR TRIPATHI HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED (HDFC) HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT RAMAN HOUSE, 169- BACKBAY RECLAMATION MUMBAI-40002o, HEAD OFFICE AT HDFC BANK HOUSE, SENAPATI BAPAT MARG, LOWER PAREL (W), MUMBAI-40001:1 AND ITS BRANCH OFFICE AT CAPITAL COURT, OLOF PALM MARG, MUNIRKA, NEW DELHI-110067 THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR MR. ADITYA PURI AND MR. PARAG RAO, HEAD RETAIL ASSETS. FOR COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTS PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 403, 418 AND 420 READ WITH SECTION 120-B OF THE INDIAN PENAL CODE.
Sir, 1. In the year 2011 the Developer herein announced a launch of a real estate development project by the name of 'ERA Divine Court' which was to come up Sector-76, Faridabad on a land admeasuring 26.619 acre vide License No.11042-11067 of 2006 . The launch of the said project was made public by way of newspaper advertisements followed by telephonic calls and personal visit of various real estate agents/brokers who represented as authorized partners of the Developer. The project was advertised in the newspaper. Vide the said advertisement and through the said agents, the Developer invited investors/buyers for booking and to apply and invest in said project. Some of the agents involved in the said representations to the various complainants herein are B.M.R. Real Estate (P) Ltd., Y.N.Karmbhoomi, Infracon (P) Ltd., Vision Plus Properties, Ganpati Associates, Office No-8 Ground Floor, SC0-101, Sec-16, Faridabad. A copy of the said newspaper advertisement for the launch of the project is annexed herewith as Annexure-A. 2. As per information published received through various sources, through the said project alone the Developer has amassed an amount of Rs.100- 150 Crores (approx.) through amounts paid by the investors at various stages, either directly or through financial institutions namely, Dewan Housing Finance Ltd. (DHFL) and HDFC Bank (which were introduced by the Developer to the investors on the pretext the said project was pre-approved by these financial institutions). A list of all investors who are the complainants herein is attached herewith and marked as Annexure-B. 3. The present complaint is being initiated against the Developer, its associate companies along with its various Directors, the various property agents and dealers as mentioned above, financial institutions being DHFL and HDFC including the concerned branch officials who sanctioned the loan and the Directors/ Zonal Heads of these financial institutions and against unknown entities and individual who are involved in the commission of the offences as alleged in the instant complaint. 4. The present complainant and also many other investors have invested their hard earned savings for booking / allotment of residential units in the said project. The Developer, in collusion with its agents and sister concern companies and also the financial institution, i.e., DHFL and HDFC, has cheated the complainants herein and has made illegal gains to the tune of about Rs.100-15o Crores. 5. It is pertinent to mention that apart from inviting booking and investments through various newspaper advertisements, the Developer also engaged a number of agents, brokers and realty dealers to lure the investors / buyers into falling in its trap. The complainants herein were induced by the Developer into investing large sums of money into the project on the basis of false projections made by the Developer. The details / names of such agents, their role and the extent of their involvement in the conspiracy and as to who all have made illegal gains from the amount collected by the Developer can be unearthed only upon detailed investigation by the investigating authorities. Copies of the various brochures that were circulated by the Developer at the initial stage of the project are annexed herewith as Annexure-C (colly). 6. At the time of booking, in terms of the payment options offered by the Developer, the Complainants had the choice of opting for two schemes-either by way of a subvention plan or by way of construction linked plan (CLP). The Complainants who opted for either subvention plan or construction linked plan had to pay around 25% of the BSP plus 100% EDC/IDC amount as per the price list which was provided by the Developer and as per information provided by the Developer. 7. It was further informed to the Complainants, (both who had opted for the CLP and subvention plans), that the project was pre-approved by DHFL and HDFC and that the payments towards the financed amounts would be made by these financial institution after the initial down-payments were made by the individual investors. It was categorically represented BY THE Developer that DHFL would provide finance to investors who had booked under the Subvention Plan and HDFC would provide finance to investors to the investors who had opted for the CLP. A copy of the detailed price list of the respective units of the Complainants is annexed hereto as Annexure-D. 8. Relying on the said representations and after meeting the representatives of the financial institutions, being DHFL and HDFC, the Complainants herein entered into Builder Buyer Agreement (BBA) with the Developer for allotment of specific units in the said project. In the said Agreements signed between the Complainants and the Developer, the Developer represented that it had obtained all necessary approval, permissions and licenses from the various government authorities and other statutory bodies to proceed with and implement the project. That Era also gave false representation while obtaining and facilitating the loans from HDFC and DHFL in the form of No Objection Certificate / Letter of Permission to mortgage wherein it has stated that all necessary permission / approvals /sanctions for the said blocks/building from all competent authorities had been obtained for the purpose of construction. A copy of one such letter is annexed and marked as Annexure-E. 9. The Developer further made a representation that possession would be given to the Complainants within 36 months from the date of commencement of work with a further grace period of six months. However, though, in order to deceitfully lure the Complainants the work at the project site was shown to have commenced some time in November-December 2011, till date the said project has not even taken off from foundation for most of towers and work at the project site has remained abandoned for the last about six months without any intimation of the same to the Complainants. A copy one such Builder Buyer Agreement pertaining to the Complainants herein are annexed herewith as Annexure-F. The Builder Buyer agreement for all the complainants are similar in nature. 10. That pursuant to signing of the Builder Buyer Agreement, having made substantial amount of payments and been allotted specific units, some of the Complainants (13 out of the 17 complainants herein) who were assured finance from DHFL and HDFC were either approached by these financial institutions directly or were intimated and introduced by the Developer to approach them and avail of loan for the balance payment which was to be made either in terms of the Subvention Plan or in terms of the CLP. 11. During signing of the Tripartite Agreements with DHFL, the said finance companies also compelled the Complainants to pay for and obtain ICICI Prudential Policies along with the loan scheme. By this time the Complainants realized that other major financial institutions were not willing to finance for the said project, therefore they were forced to succumb to the pressure and demand of the Developer and the said financial institutions. Copies of Tripartite Agreements entered into between the parties with HDFC and DHFL along with ERA are annexed as Annexure-G (Colly). Similar Tripartite agreement have been signed by all the complainants with either HDFC or DHFL as one of the parties and ERA being the third party to the said agreements. 12. However to the surprise of the Complainants only after signing the BBA and the loan agreements it was informed by the Developer that for investors who had opted for Subvention Scheme, the subvention was to be given only for 24 months and not till possession as was represented and assured by the Developer initially and in the various advertisements and brochures. This was an arbitrary step on part of the Developer as the Complainants had opted for the said scheme on the basis of the initial representations of the Developer 13. Few of the investors including some of the Complainant, namely Complainant No. and have received communication from the Developer wherein the Developer has clearly admitted the fact that initially it had represented that there shall be "no EMI till offer of possession" and has also admitted that said condition was unilaterally changed to "no EMI till 24 months". Copies of some such letters from the Developers are annexed hereto as Annexure-H. 14. As per the tripartite Agreement the Developer was to pay the pre-EMI interest to the financial institution on behalf of the investor till the first 24 months, starting from the date of disbursement of 1st installment given by the respective Complainant. However the Developer has committed criminal breach of trust by stopping payments of pre-EMI interest to the financial institution and the financial institutions, in collusion with the Developer has misappropriated by presenting the security cheques issued by the investors against these pre EMI interest without giving any prior intimation of the same to the said investors (including the Complainants herein). This further establishes collusion between the Developer and the financial institution in question herein. 15. At this stage, when the Complainants started raising issues with regards the promises made but not fulfilled by the Developer, the Developer started giving false assurance to the Complainants that possession of units will be delivered within 24 months from the date of 1st disbursement of loan by the respective Complainants and in case it goes beyond the stated period the Developer will pay the interest to the financial institutions for the additional period till possession. The said assurance from the Developer was further confirmed by representatives from DHFL but the same were never fulfilled. 16. Pursuant to the signing of the above agreements in the first quarter of 2012, the Developer also unilaterally and arbitrarily increased the EDC / IDC money from Rs.180/ sq.feet at the time of booking to Rs.335/ sq. feet (for most Complainants). This act was also an illegal act and is contrary to the government notification made in DGTCP / CA0/2012/395 issued on 28.03.2012. The Developer also had the audacity to issue letters to some of the Complainants demanding the excess / additional amount. One such letter is annexed herewith as Annexure-I. 17. The complainants who had opted for subvention plan, as per the Tripartite Agreement, payments to the Developer were to be disbursed periodically by the financial institutions (DHFL) in terms of progress in construction. However, DHFL, in complete contravention to the agreement, has released the entire payment to the Developer thereby unilaterally increasing the risk of financial exposure/liability of the Complainants against DHFL. This has been done with common intention and in collusion between the financial institution and the Developer which has resulted in unlawful gain to the Developer at the cost of the Complainants. 18. Further, in terms of Clause 15 of the Builder Buyer Agreement, the Developer was to pay interest at the rate of 9% in case of not being able to hand over possession or in case the project is abandoned and Rs.5/- to 7/- per square ft. of the respective unit for delay in giving possession. However even though the project has been stalled for months, the Developer has not taken any steps towards return of the amount paid by the respective Complainants in terms of the said clause. 19. Besides the above illegal acts, For Subvention plan investors the Developer in collusion with DHFL have also on various occasions illegally charged interest amounts from the Complainants for delay in payment from DHFL to the Developer or on account of delay in loan disbursement even in cases where the Complainants had no control over the disbursement of payment to the Developer since the Developer in collusion with DHFL were internally controlling the financial transfers. 20. The Complainants issued various communications to the Developer seeking the status of pending construction and reasons for delay in the project. However no satisfactory explanation or reply was ever given to the Complainants. Thereafter sometime in early 2014 the Complainants learnt from various sources including the internet/media reports that the said Developer has defrauded and cheated investors in its various other projects in Delhi NCR region to the tune of thousands of crores of rupees and also learnt that for the present project the Developer did not have the requisite rights, licenses and approvals as was represented by its agents, in its BBA and also by DHFL and HDFC while sanctioning the loan amounts. 21. It is pertinent to mention that through an article dated 07.04.2014 in Times of India edition ( that read "Builder sells off project land, investors cry foul") the Complainants got to know that the Developer herein had defrauded its investors in another of its development project (Cosmoscity) in Sector 103, Gurgaon. Subsequently even SEBI has initiated proceedings against the Developer. By way of order dated 05.06.2014 passed by the SEBI in a complaint initiated against the Developer, it has been observed that the Developer has committed fraud upon hundreds of investors/buyers and duped them of their hard earned money. A copy of the Order dated 01.07.2014 of SEBI is annexed herewith as Annexure-J. 22. In the light of the facts mentioned herein above, prima facie commission of cognizable offences are made out against the Developer for which an FIR ought to be registered pursuant to the present complaint and investigation ought to be initiated urgently to unearth the entire criminal conspiracy. The same is imperative for the following reasons – (a) That more than 450 investors, including the Complainants herein had booked their flats with the Developer by paying more than 25% of the unit cost taking the total invested amount to about Rs.100-150 Crores approximately. (b) That the Developer has duped all the investors by indefinitely delaying and stalling start of the project and by colluding with DHFL and HDFC by making Complainants enter into loan agreements on the basis of false representations and then misusing the instruments (cheques) given by the Complainants being well aware that the delay in project was on account of the Developer which never had the requisite statutory approvals right from the beginning. (c) That the conspiracy and involvement between the Developer which actually introduced by the investors to DHFL and HDFC is to be unearthed. That DHFL and HDFC did not comply with the necessary requirement against the Developers for securing the loan. Thus, there is no doubt that they were in collusion with each other to commit fraud against the investors. (d) That in order to further cheat and defraud the investors and the Complainant herein the Developer has also changed its name "Era Landmark" to "Adel Landmark" without any prior intimation to the investors. (e) That investigation is to be done into the fact that after the illegal acts of "the Developer" was unearthed, "the Developer" under its new name i.e. Adel Landmark Developers has again started inducing and cheating the investors by sending them fresh proposals with unilateral and one sided terms and conditions. The investors who are already in a state of shock and disbelief and who are worried about the fate of their hard earned money are being compelled to accept the said one sided proposal. The Developer is also trying to take undue advantage of the situation by pressurizing already victimized investors to accept arbitrary conditions of accepting postdated cheque with payments starting from 2015 onward without considering the rate of interest or the rate of escalation and the said payments if any, will only be made subject to the Complainant providing NOC from the financial institutions. However this arbitrary condition is being forced upon the Complainants as the Developer is well aware that the financial institutions will not give the NOC without the loan amounts which have already been disbursed to the Developer, are refunded to the financial institutions. (f) These facts are admitted by the Developer in its replies given in the proceedings before SEBI which passed an order on 05.06.2014 directing the Developer not to collect any fresh money from investors under the existing scheme, not to launch any new schemes or plans, to immediately submit the full inventory of the assets owned by the developers, not to dispose of any property or alienate the assets of the existing scheme and not to divert funds raised from public at large kept in bank accounts or in their company custody. (g) That the Developer has collected approx. Rs.100-150 Crores (approx..) from the Investors including the Complainant with the false representation that possession of units in Sector-76, Faridabad would be given and even after lapse of more than three years the same was not done. There has been no further development in the construction that has gone beyond in the foundation. (h) The Developers is guilty of cheating, criminal misappropriation, fraud and other criminal offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code. It is serious multi crores fraud that requires facts finding investigation. 23. In the light of the above facts and circumstances, it is most humbly requested that a FIR be registered and investigation be initiated against the accused persons named in the present complaint in terms of guidelines laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in LALITA KUMARI JUDGMENT. 24. It is accordingly requested that the present Complainant be taken on record and an FIR under Sections 420 IPC for commission of offence of cheating, criminal misappropriation under section 403 IPC, Section 418 IPC read with Section 120-B IPC and any other/further provisions of law, applicable in the facts and circumstances of the case, may be registered. Sd/- English Complainant Nandan Singh 9958895185 C 5C/9B janak Puri New Delhi 110058. To, The Duty Officer P.S.EOW. It is submitted that a complaint of Sh. Nandan Singh R/- C-5C/9B Janakpuri, N.Delhi-58 was received at EOW. From the contents of the complaint,prima facie a case u/s 420/406/34 IPC is made out, hence a case may be registered and investigation be handed over to undersigned. Date and Time of occurrence :- Unknown. Place of offence :- B- 39. g.F New Friends Colony New Delhi Date and Time of handing over Rukka :- 18/2/15 at 6.00 PM Sd/- English SI Shailendra Kumar D-225 PIS No 28981125 . Action taken at Police Station at this time SI Shailendra Kumar D-225 PIS No 28981125came in the Police Station & produced the above mentioned Rukka for the registration case . Case has been registered and Original Rukka along with copy of F.I.R. handed over to SI Shailendra Kumar D-225 PIS No 28981125 for further investigation. Copy of F.I.R. Will be sent to concerned officers through Dak SI/DO.
13. Action Taken (Since the above information reveals commission of offence(s) u/s as mentioned at item no.2 :
(i) Registered the case and took up the investigation OR
(ii) Directed (Name of the I.O): Rank:
PIS Number: to take up the investigation ,OR
(iii)Refuse investigation due to: OR
(iv)Transferred to P.S(name): District:
on point of jurisdiction.
F.I.R. read over to the complainant / informant, admitted to be correctly recorded and a copy given to the complainant / informant, free of cost :
R.O.A.C:
14.
Signature / Thumb Impression of The Complainant / Informant : Signature of Officer
NAME BABU KHAN
RANK SI
PIS NUMBER 28760146
15. Date and Time of despatch to the court: