Ahmedabad: A 42-year-old trader filed a complaint with Satellite police alleging assault and death threats by three persons following a dispute over a multi-crore land deal that failed to materialize.According to the complaint lodged on Thursday, the trader, a resident of Ramdevnagar in the Satellite area, stated that he acted as an intermediary in a land deal finalized in Nov 2024. The deal involved 13 bigha of land in a village in Kadi taluka, valued at Rs 26 crore.The complainant told police that he received Rs 8.39 crore from a buyer and passed on the amount to two sellers. However, the deal could not be completed as the sellers were later lodged in a jail in connection with another case, and the land documents were never executed.Following this, the buyer allegedly began demanding a refund from the complainant, holding him responsible for the failed transaction. The situation escalated on March 23, when the buyer, along with two associates, allegedly reached the parking area of the complainant’s residential society and called him down. During the confrontation, the trio allegedly abused him verbally and demanded immediate repayment of the money.When the complainant objected to the language used, two of the accused allegedly got into a scuffle with him, with one of them slapping him. The complainant further alleged that the main accused issued a death threat before leaving the spot. The altercation drew attention from other residents, following which the accused fled.Satellite police registered a case of causing hurt, use of abusive language, criminal intimidation and abetment under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and began an investigation.
