The Madras High Court has cautioned people against falling prey to middlemen who take valuable immovable properties on lease but end up selling or mortgaging them with the criminal intent of cheating both the property owners as well as gullible purchasers.
Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira said, crimes of such nature were on the increase in and around Chennai due to lack of awareness among the people and therefore, it was incumbent upon the State to warn them by publicising the modus operandi adopted by the fradusters.
The judge, suo motu, impleaded the Director General of Police as one of the respondents in a bail cancellation petition related to a similar offence involving a valuable property and directed the officer to initiate all necessary steps required to prevent such incidents in future.
