FIR against Arena Superstructures for alleged cheating

The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR against realtor Arena Superstructures Pvt Ltd, its managing director and others on a complaint of alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy. The FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint made by an advocate who claimed that he had booked an apartment in the realtor's project Lotus Arena in 2014 for Rs 97.5 lakh and has already paid Rs 57 lakh but not yet got the possession of the property. Complainant Ajay Digpaul, a practising advocate at the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court, said he was regularly assured by Arena officials that all the necessary sanctions for the construction have been procured but the work commenced late, and whenever he raised the issue, the queries were not answered. He claimed that in January this year, when he visited the site at Sector 79, Noida, he saw that the construction was done only up to 12th floor, while the tower has to be completed till 24th floor. He had bought the apartment at 14th floor. "The website of the company has not been updated since July 2018 and there was no recent construction update... There is no possibility that in near future the construction can be completed and the possession of the flat will be delivered," the FIR stated. Repeated attempts to contact an official at the realty firm were in vain.