India, Jan. 25 -- Three residents of Sector 41 were allegedly duped of Rs.17.8 crore after being trapped in a property fraud by two Noida-based suspects, police said on Saturday.

Investigators said the victims, Kapil Sharma and his brothers Hitender Sharma and Hitesh Sharma, were approached in July 2024 by the suspects with an offer to sell 11.33 acres of agricultural land in Ghughera village of Palwal. The suspects took the trio to the land site and later to their real estate firm office in New Palam Vihar Phase-I, where they produced a sale deed and mutation documents to establish ownership.

Police said an agreement to sell was executed on August 1, 2024, following which the victims paid Rs.12 crore to the suspects. They were later as...