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Jul 24, 2017, 07.51 PM IST

NOIDA: Gautam Budh Nagar district administration on Monday arrested

and sent to jail two ocials of realty group, Amrapali.

The arrested duo includes Rithik Sinha, Chief Executive Ocer (CEO) of
the realty company who is also the CMD Anil Sharma's son-in-law and
Nishant Mukul, director of the group.

The move comes following the realtor's failure to pay an outstanding

labour cess of Rs 4 crore for the last three years.

Speaking to TOI, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Gautam Budh Nagar

Amit Kumar said that "action was taken under provision of section 171 of
the Land Revenue Act under". "The company had an outstanding of Rs 1.99 crore in 2014. However, when they failed to pay, a
penal interest amounting to Rs 83 lakhs was imposed besides a penalty of Rs 1.72 crore," he explained.

"A nal recovery notice was issued in March 2017 but when the builder failed to pay up, we took action on Monday. We have
also sealed the head oce of the builder located in sector 62 of Noida," Kumar said. "The two ocials have been lodged in the
Dadri tehsil jail," he added.

Amrapali ocials could not be contacted for comment despite repeated attempts by TOI.

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Deputy labour commissioner B K Rai said, "We have issued recovery notices to another 7 builders in the district who owe the
government nearly Rs 10 crore. We will take stringent action against those who are not paying the labour cess," Rai warned.

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