LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- Gosaiganj police on Sunday arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly cheating an ex-serviceman of a sum of Rs.23 lakh on the pretext of allotting him a plot of land, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Umakant, a resident of Hasnapur village under the Gosaiganj police station limits. He was arrested from his residence late November 2, police said.

ACP Rishabhrunwal said Rajesh Kumar Singh, a retired naib subedar in the Indian Army who lives on Nilmatha Malak Road, lodged an FIR under the relevant sections of the BNS at the Gosaiganj police station on April 9.

"Singh alleged that Umakant and his associates took Rs.23 lakh from him with the promise of providing him a plot of land. However, when Singh star...