Nagpur, Feb 23 (PTI) Two persons allegedly duped a businessman from Maharashtra's Nagpur city of Rs 3.15 crore in a land related deal, police said.

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The accused, who owned an infrastructure company, purchased a land from the businessman in 2009 and registered a sale deed, an official from Sitabuldi police station.

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They allegedly did not pay the amount of Rs 2.85 crore for the land sale to the businessman and also did not return Rs 30 lakh invested by him in a scheme of their company, he said.

Based on the businessman's complaint, the Sitabuldi police registered a case on Wednesday against the two accused under Indian Penal Code Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention), the official said.

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