Village head dupes Muzaffarnagar riots victims, collects money on pretext of providing land

A village head has been booked for allegedly duping Muzaffaranagar riot victims on the pretext of providing residential land to them.

The accused collected around Rs one to two lakh from villagers.

The victims had saved money from the relief funds to buy land for themselves, their complaint to the police said.

On directions of the district authorities a case was registered on Monday, against gram pradhan Aladeen, police added.

The victims had registered a complaint against the pradhan for failing to provide land to them.