The police have booked two local agents in Malwani area of Malad (West) for allegedly posing as owners of a piece of government land and selling houses on it to six people for Rs41.25 lakh. A first information report (FIR) was registered on Saturday based on a complaint against the duo for cheating and forgery. According to the Malwani police, the complainant Gundisa Jaiswal, 35, a resident of Malad and five others were promised houses in Dharoli, located at Rathodi village in Malwani. They also forged power of attorney document, 7/12 extract document and property card of the land to pose as owners of the land when the land belongs to the collector’s office, police said. When Jaiswal learnt about the forgery, she approached the Malwani police station, where an FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.

Source: Hindustan Times April 22, 2018 19:30 UTC