Medics catch tormentors on camera

Land mafia try to grab posh property, sell it with fake papers

It took about eight years for the Gupta brothers to get back at the six-and-a-half-foot tall bozos who were threatening them to get out their own house, as they had "sold" it in 2002.

But in 2002, members of the local land mafia allegedly sold their house to an unknown buyer with fake documents. And then began a series of visits by musclemen.

"They came to our house for the first time in 2002. About five people threatened my mother Kanti Devi to vacate the house at the earliest. My mother suffered a heart attack and passed away three days later," Dr Arun Gupta, a practising physician, told MiD DAY.u00a0

He alleged that the local cops did not register his complaint and instead told him to "be patient". The warnings and visits stopped for some time in 2008 but resumed after a month.

"We were so scared that we had to install CCTVs in our house and clinic for the safety of our family and also because we wanted to gather evidence against the goons," Dr Arun Gupta said.

The CCTV footage, copy of which is available with MiD DAY, clearly shows a number of instances where musclemen visit the Gupta household.

The Other Side

Senior police officials refused to comment about why no action was taken against the land mafia for the last eight years. "The matter is in court now and we are investigating the case. We will submit the report as soon as possible," a senior police official said, requesting anonymity.

The Gupta brothers had also registered an FIR against Ashok Kumar, Krishan Chand, Mukesh Kumar, Pushpa Gupta, Sanjay Gupta, Satbir Singh and Anil Kumar Sharma in the case but no action was taken against them. The medics have also written to the commissioner of police.

"We had also shown the CCTV footage to the cops but they asked us to ignore them," he said. Finally when nothing worked, the Gupta brothers approached the court and sought action against the goons and the cops. Admitting their plea, a local court in Rohini has ordered the police to submit an investigation report by June 22.

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