A case has been registered against four individuals, including a sub-registrar, for their suspected involvement in the illegal sale of land valued at Rs 1.23 crore in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district, an official said on Saturday.
The Nagpur police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested Mohammad Rafiq Shaikh Abdullah and implicated Kamptee sub-registrar A R Bhiwgade, along with Iqbal Rasheed Diwan and Leeladhar Gyaneshwar Mendhekar. They have been charged under sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), and other pertinent statutes of the Indian Penal Code, as per the official statement.
The complainant, who possessed six acres of land, had granted power of attorney to Mohammad Rafiq for two acres. However, the agreement did not specify the value of the land, according to the complainant.
Working in collaboration with Diwan and Mendhekar, Mohammad Rafiq allegedly manipulated the power of attorney, substituted the designated land with an adjacent two-acre plot, and forged documents to execute the sale deed, the official said.
Despite being aware of the forgery, the sub-registrar proceeded to register the sale deed. Consequently, the accused managed to defraud the complainant by transferring Rs 25 lakh to his account and selling the land, which was valued at Rs 1.23 crore, according to the official’s statement.