India, Sept. 1 -- The director of Ostwal Builders Pvt. Ltd, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly defrauding several people by selling them flats with fake construction permits.

According to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police, the accused builder, Umraosingh Ostwal, allegedly created fake revised construction permits and maps of the Ostwal Paradise Building No.6 in the Nayanagar area in Mira Road. The police said that Ostwal passed the revised documents as genuine, illegally constructed additional floors beyond the sanctioned limit, and sold those, defrauding flat owners of crores.

Based on the flat owner's complaints, on May 16 the Nayanagar police registered a case under various sections of...