India, April 10 -- The Pant Nagar police have booked four people, including a couple, for allegedly duping a senior citizen couple to the tune of Rs.2.07 crore by selling them a 2-BHK flat which was already mortgaged to a private bank. Without a permanent roof over their heads, the complainant couple, who are retired bank employees, have been living in a rented flat for the past 18 months.

According to the police, the complainant, Jayalakshmi Nilkanthan, 65, retired from IDBI Bank in 2018 and lives in Kanjurmarg with her husband Nilkanthan, 67, who retired in 2015 from Bank of India. The couple sold their 1-BHK flat in Ghatkopar's Garodia Nagar because they wanted to buy a 2-BHK, and approached a real estate agent, Gulabrai Solkhi, whom ...