BJP lawmaker Vinod Katiyar and his wife have been accused of real estate fraud.

(Representational)New Delhi: The economic offences wing of Delhi Police has registered a complaint against BJP's Kanpur (Dehat) lawmaker Vinod Katiyar and his wife for allegedly duping of real estate customers of crores of rupees, officials said Saturday.Vinod Katiyar is also a director of a Noida based construction company AVP Buildetch.

According to complaint, company launched a housing project in Noida.

Advertisements were put out and buyers approached company to book flats, a senior police officer said.The buyers submitted 10 per cent of total amount and booked flats.

The agreement was that they will be handed over flats by March 2014 but that did not happen.The prices of flats ranged from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore and company took 90 per cent of money from most of buyers, without even completing work, officer said.The complainant also alleged that buyers' money was invested in other projects of company, he said.The complaint was filed on January 3 against AVP Buildtech and its directors Vinod Katiyar and his wife Pramila Singh.