Ludhiana, Sept. 29 -- A city-based realtor has lodged a police complaint alleging he was duped of nearly Rs.14.71 crore by a Ludhiana man on the pretext of investing in prime real estate in Gujarat's ambitious Dholera Smart City project. The complainant, Gagandeep Singh of Mata Rani Mohalla, Khanna, who runs a real estate firm, accused Rajinder Kumar alias Doctor, a resident of Basant Vihar near Noorwala Road, Ludhiana, of orchestrating a massive fraud by promising high returns and government-approved land deals.

According to the complaint filed at Dugri police station, Singh alleged that between 2018 and 2023, Rajinder Kumar induced him and his investors to invest in several land parcels in Dholera, Ahmedabad, under the pretext that bot...