The Connaught Place police have registered a case of cheating against TDI Infrastructure Private Limited, after a Patiala House-based lawyer lodged a complaint.

Police officers said investigations are underway and TDI has been booked under Sections 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).

The complainant’s lawyer, Satish Kumar, told Newsline that a complaint has also been filed with the District Consumer Forum.

TDI has been accused of not handing over the physical possession of a purchased plot in Sonepat and also of reducing the size of the allotted plot.

The complainant, Brij Kumar, told the police he had purchased a plot situated in “TDI City” at Sonepat, Haryana, measuring 350 square yards from one Vinay Pal Singh, with prior approval of TDI on June 23, 2005. The plot had been sold by TDI to Singh.

“At the time, when we purchased the plot, an amount of Rs 5,98,624 had already been paid. My sister-in-law and I had to pay the remaining amount in periodic instalments according to the schedule issued by TDI. This was also confirmed by TDI while transferring the plot,” Kumar told the police.

Police officers said that by February 2006, the complainants made all the payments except for Rs 1,66,250, which was to be made at the time of the handing over of the plot.

The complainants approached TDI many times for the handing over of the plot. “However, they were made to run from pillar to post, with no actual response from the company. On 18 November, TDI issued a final statement, wherein they illegally and with no reason or specifications, reduced the plot area from 350 square yards to 323.19 square yards,” Kumar’s lawyer, Satish Kumar said.

Even after making the entire payment, amounting to a total of Rs 19,36,193, including additional demands raised by TDI from time to time, neither was the plot handed over, nor was the sale deed executed, the police said.

A legal notice issued on 12 September, 2007 to TDI required them to hand over actual possession of the plot, but no steps were taken, the police said.

In its reply, TDI has claimed that due to an oversight, two payments were included in the details of payments received by the complainants and it was later discovered that the cheques were never encashed.