Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
After initiating action against land mafia across the city, the Property Cell is now spreading its dragnet on Government officials who allegedly colluded with land grabbers and abetted commitment of land frauds through preparation and approval of fabricated documents. The cell have booked seven persons including three officials from Land and Revenue Department, who allegedly facilitated registration of nine acres of prime land registered in name of a city based top contractor and one other, on the basis of fake documents.
Among those booked are Omprakash Gokuldas Bajaj, a resident of Plot No 155, Bank Colony, Jaripatka; he is one of the big contractor; Sukhdev Premchand Bhagchandani, a resident of Hathi building, Jaripatka; Jaiprakash Gokuldas Bajaj; Suresh Gokuldas Bajaj, the then Sub-registrar, Nagpur No. 3; Talathi (Nara) and Circle Officer (Sitabuldi).
According to police, Roshan Jodhani (41), a resident of Jaripatka; Tikamdas Motwani, Omprakash Bajaj, Sukhdev Bhagchandani, Prakash Asudani had floated a company -- M/s Zhulelal Developers and purchased nine acres land at Mauja Nara. The Developers got sale deed registered at office of Sub-registrar No 5 in year February, 2000.
Later, relatives of the owner of the land -- Ushabai Lala Jaiswal and others approached Civil Court in April 2000 and the court ordered ‘Status Quo’ in year 2006.
The police said, Omprakash Gokuldas Bajaj and Sukhdev Bhagchandani prepared fake papers of power of attorney in the names of Jodhani, Motwani and Aasudani. Later, Omprakash Bajaj registered a deal about selling the said piece of land to his brother -- Suresh Gokuldas Bajaj on January 14, 2015 and the sale deed was registered at office of sub-registrar no 3.
After examining the documents, the Property Cell officers discovered the fraud in the land deal and involvement of Government officers. The police registered the case under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of Indian Penal Code.
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