ED attaches assets of land-grabber, aide

Rajkot | Sunday | 15th July, 2018

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Rajkot/Ahmedabad: The Enforcement Directorate’s Ahmedabad zonal office on Friday attached assets worth Rs 3.97 crore of Jayesh Ranpariya (Patel), prime accused in the Rs 100-crore land grabbing case in Jamnagar. The case is considered to be the biggest forgery scams in Saurashtra.According to the ED, Ranpariya had usurped two properties which had market value of Rs 135 crore. Ranpariya was arrested in the land grabbing case and had to spend few months in jail. Through this modus-operandi, Ranpariya is believed to have amassed huge properties.The properties attached include 24 plots and flats of Ranpariya which are estimated to be worth Rs 4.5 crore. The FIR stated that Ranpariya made fake power of attorney in the name of his associates..