EOW unearths ₹12 Crore Fraud Unearthed in Goregaon’s Patra Chawl Tenancy Scam
EOW unearths ₹12 Crore Fraud Unearthed in Goregaon’s Patra Chawl Tenancy Scam
EOW of the Mumbai Police on Saturday unearthed Rs.12 crore
in Goregaon’s Patra Chawl.
According to the FIR, between 2010 and April 2023, the accused hatched a conspiracy to fraudulently acquire tenancy rights of eight rooms.
As of today, under
re-development, each room, flat would fetch whoppiny Rs.1.5 crore and these were illegally transferred to other names by creating forged agreements, affidavits, indemnity bonds and NOC’s from the Society
The Economic Offence Wing of the Mumbai Police has registered second FIR, allegedly fraud of around Rs.12 crore has come to light after a Goregaon resident filed a complaint alleging that his tenancy rights, along with those of seven other tenants, were illegally transferred using forged documents.
The case has been registered under Sections 420 (cheating), 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 (forgery), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code at the Kherwadi police station against three prime accused and other associates by Economic Offence Wing of Mumbai Police.The matter is currently under investigation by EOW.
The Complainant Nadeem Firoz Dalwai, 46, a businessman residing at Shepherd Residency, Goregaon (West), filed the complaint. The Accused identified as
Jitu alias Jitendra Madanlal Mehta then administrative officer at HDIL and linked with Mehta Developers, Sandeep Parab(Supervisor), Abbas Faim Shaikh – along with other unidentified accomplices involved in forgery.
As pe FIR, amid 2010 and April 2023, the accused hatched a conspiracy to fraudulently acquire tenancy rights of eight rooms in Patra Chawl, Siddharth Nagar (CHS), Goregaon (West). Each room, which would today fetch a flat worth ₹1.5 crore under redevelopment, was illegally transferred to other names by creating forged agreements, affidavits, indemnity bonds, and NOCs from the society.
MMRDA responds
using impersonators, the accused allegedly prepared fake tenancy documents in the names of others and submitted them to the MHADA office at Kherwadi, Bandra (East).
Based on these fraudulent papers, tenancy rights were transferred, resulting in wrongful gains for the accused and a cumulative loss of ₹12 crore to the complainant and other affected tenants.
EOW Police sources confirms that further inquiry is underway to identify all beneficiaries of the fraudulent transfers and to trace the forged documents used in the MHADA office.
News Edit KV Raman
