A land mafia has been accused of fraudulently seizing a property worth crores in Ahmedabad’s Makarba area by forging documents to falsely record the owner’s death in 1992, when in fact she had died in 1980.
The police have filed a case against the notorious mafia operator Raman Patel and nine others in this case.
The CID Crime had previously booked Patel and his associates for fraudulently embezzling lands in various areas.
A complaint filed by Kanu Thakor, a resident of Kheda’s Nani Kaloli village, states that his grandmother Gajri Thakor had two daughters, Jeevat and Babu. Since they had no sons, both daughters were the direct heirs to their land in Makarba.
Gajri Thakor passed away in 1980. Jeevat, the complainant’s mother, passed away in 2017, and Babu passed away in 2006.
After this, the children of Jeevat and Babu were the heirs to this land. However, as there was no one to look after the land at that time, Raman Patel conspired with Manilal Shah, Gautam Trikamlal, Ramu Bharwad, Hitesh Patel, Becharji Thakor, and Chandulal Thakor to grab the land.
Manilal created a sale deed in 1986 stating that he had purchased the Makarba land from Gajri’s mother. Subsequently, showing Ramu Bharwad as the power of attorney of Gajri and Karsan, he cancelled the 1986 sale deed. He created another one by forging Gajri’s thumb impression.
The other accused were recorded as witnesses in this document. Additionally, a fake death certificate was also created mentioning Gajri’s death to be in 1992.
Following the complaint, CID Crime has initiated further investigation into the matter.