MARGAO
In a major development, the Fatorda police has registered FIRs against 16 persons under various provisions of the IPC, including section 420 for cheating and forgery in connection with the complaint lodged by the Salcete Mamladar in the forged mutations cases.
The 15 accused persons hail from various villages in Salcete and have been booked under section 465, 468, 471, 420b read with section 34 of the IPC.
In the FIR, the Fatorda police has alleged that the 15 persons with their common intention created forged created forged title documents i.e. Deed of Succession, Deed of Sale, Tenancy Purchase Certificate, Deed of family partition and used as genuine and produced the same before the Mamlatdar/Joint Mamlatdar, Salcete in mutation proceedings and got their names incl uded in Form IX of properties.
The properties including survey numbers 445/1 of Curtorim village, 260/1, 271/1 of Raia village, 3/3 of Davorlim village , 390/18, 390/12 of Cuncolim village, 290/14 of Sao Jose de Areal village, 5/7 of Gandaulim village, 24/15 of Colva village, 191/4 of Dramapur village by deleting the names of orginal occupants /owners thereby cheated the original occupants/owners/their legal heirs and also the government authorities.
The police claimed that when the legal heirs of the occupants/owners asked for the information under RTI in the office of Mamlatdar, the said 12 files of mutations were found missing.
The accused persons named in the FIR hail from Davorlim, Sao Jose de Areal, Cuncolim, Grand-Vanelim, Colva, besides Navelim.
