India, March 1 -- An NCR-based real estate firm owner was arrested by the economic offence wing of Gurugram police on Friday for allegedly cheating several lawyers of Rs.6 crore after luring them with promises of doubling their investment in a local property project, police said on Saturday.

Police identified the suspect as Punit Beriwala, 62, from Delhi's Malviya Nagar, presently living in Sector 42, Gurugram. Police said he is the chief executive officer of Vipul Limited, a real estate firm with its office in DLF Phase-IV.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said Beriwala had taken Rs.6 crore from several lawyers of Gurugram and Rohtak in 2024.

"He had promised the investors that he would invest their money in...