30 Jun 2024| 02:56am ISTSIT files chargesheet in 2022 Assagao land grabbing caseNames five persons as accused in its fifth chargesheet of 888 pages filed before the Mapusa Court; says more chargesheets are in the pipelineTeam HeraldPANJIM: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) filed 888 pages chargesheet in the 2022 land grabbing case linked to grabbing of 625 square metres of land belonging to Mark Lobo and family at Assagao, by forging the old Portuguese-era documents. This is the fifth chargesheet filed by the SIT specially constituted in June 2022, to investigate land grabbing cases in the State. Around 110 land grabbing cases had come to light till date and are being investigated. Raju alias Rajkumar Maithi of Miramar and Mohammad Suhail, a native of Davangere, Karnataka and residing at St Inez-Panjim, are alleged masterminds behind several other land grabbing cases. The land grabbing was done during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: The Herald June 30, 2024 16:31 UTC