Ajay Bari, the husband of an international kabaddi referee, has been arrested on June 1, by the Vanrai police for allegedly impersonating an MMRDA officer and defrauding people by promising them government-scheme houses at the price of Rs 12 lakh.

According to police sources, Bari was involved in a racket that cheated people of crores of rupees by offering them flats at cheaper rates. Each accused person had a different role, and some of them were associated with various political parties. They enticed people by using the name of former Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad. The racket duped dozens of individuals, amounting to Rs 2.5 crore in total.