Cantt Registers FIR Alleging ₹5 Lakh Flat Advance Without Possession

Cantt police have registered an FIR on a property complaint that turns on a ₹5 lakh advance, a semi-built flat that allegedly never changed hands, and a threat claim when the money was demanded back.

Complainant Durga Prasad, a resident of Bindhyavasini Nagar under Cantt limits, has named Abhishek Jaiswal of Suraj Nagar Colony, Shivdaspur, as the accused. According to the tahreer recorded by police, a deal was struck in 2006 for a two-room 2BHK semi-built flat in Amar Complex at Varuna Pul–Nadesar at a rate of ₹1,700 per square foot. Prasad alleges he paid ₹5 lakh in cash as advance on 28 November 2006 at his shop inside Surya Hotel on Cantonment Road, with a receipt written on a ₹10 stamp paper.

He alleges that possession never followed. After years of waiting he sought a refund, and the complaint further alleges that instead of returning the money Jaiswal threatened him, including with death threats. The tahreer also states that Prasad’s sister Sheela Khatka executed a power of attorney in his favour on 14 September 2023 for the same flat, yet neither possession nor the advance came through after that document either.

Station Officer Rajkishore Pandey said the FIR has been registered on the complaint and that investigation has begun. Police will examine documents, the money trail and flat-related records before deciding further action. All claims in the complaint remain allegations until tested in investigation and, if charges proceed, in court. This desk is not declaring guilt.

Long-pending flat-advance disputes are not rare in the Cantt–Nadesar belt, where older semi-built inventory and informal receipts still surface in police stations years after a handshake deal. What makes this filing newsworthy now is the fresh FIR, the named accused and complainant, the specific ₹5 lakh figure, and the SO’s on-record confirmation that the probe is open.

Readers should treat the 2006 date, the Amar Complex location, the stamp-paper receipt and the 2023 power of attorney as complaint particulars, not as independently audited findings. If bank or stamp records support or contradict parts of the tahreer, that will emerge only as investigating officers collect papers. Neighbours often remember a builder’s name but not a receipt date; police work starts from paper, not memory.

No arrest had been announced in the information available when this brief was filed. Anyone with documents relevant to the same flat or advance should approach Cantt police rather than circulate claims on messaging apps. Civil recovery and criminal intimidation, if both are pressed, can travel on parallel tracks; that sequencing is for the investigating officer and the courts, not for a morning crime brief.

The story stops at the FIR facts, the named parties, the alleged advance-and-threat narrative, and the station officer’s statement that investigation is under way. Fresh developments — arrest, charge sheet, or a documented settlement — will need their own update.