Rakshit Kumar Gautam, a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi, sold PVC pipes for a year before getting into re- construction of buildings besides cheating people by assuring them that he will sort out their litigations pending in courts.
The arrest came on a complaint filed by one Neelam Rani, a resident of Janak Puri, that Gautam after introducing himself as an "Investigation Officer, Vigilance, Delhi High Court" had taken a sum of Rs 1.8 lakh as court fee and another Rs 1.85 lakh as his own fees for settling a dispute regarding her property in Malviya Nagar.
Later, he had also taken Rs 1.5 lakh as advance from another woman named Kusum Lata, who also complained to the police.
A trap was laid on Saturday by police near Gautam's residence and he was apprehended.
"During the course of investigation, he disclosed that he used to cheat innocent persons who cannot understand the documents prepared by him. He has a forged ID Card of Delhi High Court and other documents," V Renganathan, Additional Commissioner of Police, West district, said.
