Gurugram, Aug. 24 -- A Delhi-based gang was arrested for impersonating a Gurugram landowner in court in May 2023 and illegally claiming Rs.5.12 crore that the government had awarded him as compensation for land acquired to build the Southern Peripheral Road, police said on Saturday. The fraud was uncovered by a patwari in December 2024 when the gang was trying to embezzle Rs.6.38 lakh from the government, police added. The accused were identified as Tushar alias Kaku, 21, Krishna Kumar, 50, Dinesh Kashyap alias Rathor, 38, Pankaj Kumar Kela alias Dharm, 47, and Sushil Kumar Darda, 48, police said, adding that they were arrested over the past two months. The mastermind of the gang, whose name has been withheld by police, is still at large, police said. The case dates to 2016 when the Haryana government acquired land to build the Southern Peripheral Road. The government deposited Rs.518 crore in court in March 2022 as compensation for the landowners, who till then had not claimed anything from the government. Police said that the accused gang leader somehow learned about the money lying with the court and hatched a plan to seize it after getting details about one of the owners, named Brahm Prakash of Badshahpur. Arrested accused Krishna impersonated Brahm, hired two lawyers, and moved a city court to claim compensation of Rs.5.12 crore, including Rs.4.97 crore principal amount and Rs.15.19 lakh bank interest against one of the land parcels, police said. The gang successfully received the money from the court in May 2023, police said. Police said that when the gang was trying to get Rs.6.38 lakh released from court for another land parcel, the patwari of the land acquisition office managed to track down the actual owner, and the fraud was uncovered and the gang busted....