Six booked for Rs 40 crore land forgery in Surat

Surat | Monday | 19th November, 2018

Summary:

Police booked the accused under various sections of Indian Penal Code for forgery and registering an affidavit with false information. Surat: Six people were booked at Umra police station on Saturday for alleged forgery with a 73-year-old Parsi man to encroach a plot of land worth Rs40 crore in posh Vesu area of the city. Along with relatives of Bhathena, some other accused were booked. “Since the original owner had no child, the land’s ownership passed on to other family members. “We are likely to book some other accused if their involvement comes to our notice during investigation,” informed a police officer at Umra police station.Police probe revealed that 3,800 sqm land in Vesu was originally owned by Sorabji Dorabji, uncle of Bhathena..