India, Nov. 25 -- Bengaluru police have launched a probe into an alleged land fraud in which a city-based doctor was swindled out of Rs.2.7 crore through what he believed was an exclusive property development project near Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).

According to the complaint filed on November 6, Dr Raja Langer said he was persuaded to invest in a supposed "Heritage Homes" layout that was claimed to be coming up on land owned by the Yadugiri Yatiraja Mutt, said a report by the NDTV. The man accused of orchestrating the scheme, identified as HN Sujayendra, allegedly assured the doctor that the mutt's land would soon be converted and sold for Rs.1.5 crore, even arranging a meeting with the mutt's Swami, a gesture that reportedl...