PANAJI
The Crime Branch (CB) on Saturday arrested Vittorio Jose Velho in connection with an alleged property fraud and forgery case. His wife and four others are also under investigation and likely to face arrest.
The First Information Report, registered on November 25 based on a complaint by Maria Violante Celina Sushila de Vicira Velho alias Maria V Celina S de Velho e Almeida and Fernando Jose de Matos Sequeira Almeida, alleged that Velho and six others forged documents to illegally transfer ownership of property.
According to the FIR, the accused Vittorio Jose Velho, his wife Marinela Velho and accomplices Prajay Shirodkar, Arun Gupta (Lucknow), Ganga Kushwaha (South West Delhi) and Anurag Kushwaha (Varanasi) conspired to forge documents related to properties bearing survey numbers 35/1 and 38/1 of Village Penha de Franca. The forged documents were allegedly submitted as genuine before the Mamlatdar of Bardez to facilitate fraudulent mutation of the properties.
Superintendent of Police (CB) Rahul Gupta confirmed the arrest and that Ganga was being interrogated.
“Ganga’s role in preparing forged gift deeds and in subsequent MoU is being examined. The bank accounts of both the accused have been frozen. The investigation is ongoing to determine the extent of the involvement of all accused and to trace the funds’ flow from Ganga and others to the primary beneficiaries,” Gupta added. The police are also probing whether other accused played any role in preparing the forged gift deed. “Further investigation is on,” he said.
