India, Aug. 30 -- A 45-year-old man was arrested from Firozpur in Punjab for selling a plot in the city for Rs.10.7 crore by using his associate to impersonate the plot owner who is settled in New York, police said on Friday.

The suspect was identified as Manish Kumar, originally from Panje Ke Uttar village in Firozpur. He was taken on six-day police-remand for detailed interrogation after production before a city court on Friday to ascertain the identity of the other suspects.

Police said Manish was the mastermind of the entire forgery and he sold a plot measuring 810 square metres in Sushant Lok Phase-I to a person named Anand.

Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer (PRO)of Gurugram police, said that the victim was Gaurav Narula, a ...