Staff Reporter :
SADAR Police on Tuesday booked three fraudsters for
duping a middle-aged man to the tune of Rs 40.47 lakh
in a land deal.The accused have been identified as Pervez
Patel (40), a resident of Hasanbag, Bablu alias
Mohammad Riyaz (50), a resident of Mansha Chowk,
Zafar Nagar, and one of their accomplices who impersonated as the actual owner of the plot for executing
the sale deed at the office of Joint Sub-Registrar.
The victim, Vivek Ramraoji Musale (44), a resident of
Chandrapur, was shown Plot No 403, Khasra No 56,
Mouza Dighori, by accused Pervez Patel, saying it
belonged to Chandrashekhar Borkar. Musale expressed
his willingness to purchase it. Patel and Bablu alias
Mohammad Riyaz allegedly fabricated documents and
took Rs 40.47 lakh from Musale between October 30,
2021 and May 25, 2022. The third accused, posing as
plot owner Borkar, executed the sale deed in favour of
Musale.
When Musale applied for a property card at the
City Survey Office, he received a notice from Rajendra
Borkar, son of Chandrashekhar Borkar, a resident of
Ratnapur, tehsil Sindewahi, Chandrapur.
Musale met Rajendra Borkar and was shocked to hear
from him that his father died in 2012. He approached
the police, and on his complaint, police registered a
case under Sections 419, 420,467,468,471, 34 of the
Indian Penal Code against the accused persons. Further
investigations are underway.