A Salt Lake resident has alleged that a developer whom she had paid Rs 74 lakh to buy two flats, in Behala and Haridevpur, cheated her by selling the flats to others.

Rahul Das, 42, the developer who has multiple cheating cases against him, was arrested in Behala on Thursday night, police said.

Das had apparently duped the Salt Lake resident into taking two home loans in 2018 for the flat but selling them to others once the money got transferred to his company’s account.

“Once the loan was sanctioned in the complainant’s name for two projects by the promoter, the bank started disbursing the sum to the promoter’s account and the complainant started paying the EMI,” an officer of Behala police station said. “Once the projects were completed and the flats were to be handed over, they were sold to other people, the complainant had alleged.”

Cops have started a case of cheating, fraud, and criminal breach of trust against Das.

“He has multiple arrest warrants against him. We had raided his home several times but he was not there. Last night, we had specific information he was at a place in Regent Park and we got lucky,” the officer said.

A city court on Friday sent Das to police custody till November 11.

He will be questioned in connection with the other complaints against him, the police said.

“It is important to cross-check the background of the developer… verify with the police if there is any existing case against the individual before booking a flat,” an officer said.