cleared skherkolhapur gadhinglaj police have arrested three developers for allegedly cheating flat owners to the tune of rs 26 lakh on the promise of providing facilities in the building but failing to do so the arrested developers have been identified as sachin shankarrao khot 41 sunil balwant khot 41 both residents of gadhinglaj and vinay shankarrao khot 39 resident of ujalaiwadi the police said the trio own a real estate company in may 2015 they published an advertisement in a local newspaper about selling flats in an apartment the complainant identified as santosh sitaram bhopale met them after reading the advertisementthe trio assured him that they will provide separate parking a security guard separate office for association facility of lift they also assured him that the maintenance fee will cover common power bill and other bills and facilities said an officer attached with gadhinglaj police stationbhopale and 10 others purchased flats in the building they paid a total of rs 2650 lakh to the developers for the additional facilities however the complainants said the developers have not provided any of these facilities they have also alleged that the developers encroached some part of their building and have done illegal construction there he saidthe trio has been booked for cheating under section 420 of indian penal code and sections 34 561011 and 13 of maharashtra ownership flats act 1963