Faridabad: Former NIT MLA, Chander Bhatia and a former tehsildar of Badhkal have been accused of orchestrating a second registry of a house in the NIT area despite the property already being registered in the name of a retired Air Force officer.Based on a complaint made by the retired officer, Rohit Arora, an FIR was registered under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC on Thursday at Kotwali police station against five persons, including the former MLA. The complaint was forwarded to the economic offences wing.In his complaint dated Dec 14, 2025, Arora alleged that he purchased house number 1H/16A in NIT Faridabad, for Rs 50 lakh in June 2024 from Kajal Verma.He said that Rs 10 lakh was paid in cash and Rs 5 lakh via cheque as an advance on June 6, 2024, with the remaining amount paid within one week. The registry of the house dated June 13, 2024 was executed in his favour at the office of the sub-registrar in Badkhal.Arora alleged that although a cheque of Rs 25 lakh was issued at the time of the registry, Verma later received the amount in instalments through cash and RTGS transactions instead of depositing the cheque.He further said that Verma, Bhatia and others conspired to tamper with the property ID and got a second registry of the same property executed in the name of Sonam Talwar, a relative of the MLA, on Nov 20, 2024. The then tehsildar of Badkhal was also named in the FIR in connection with the alleged illegal registration. Further investigation is underway
