LUCKNOW, Feb. 3 -- Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Monday arrested a former employee in connection with the high-profile Shine City Infra Project Private Limited real estate scam, as per an official note. With this, the unit has made its 10th arrest in the case.

The former employee, identified as Preeti Singh from Sector-G in Jankipuram here, functioned as an authorised signatory for buyers' agreements on behalf of the Shine City Group. She worked as a human resource officer at Shine City's Lucknow office that was located at R Square, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar.

The firm allegedly lured investors by offering low-cost residential plots and other attractive investment schemes in multiple districts of Uttar Pradesh. Investors were persuade...