The news of fraudulent sale of a number of properties in south Goa is very disturbing. What is alarming is the increase in the number of such cases and the ease with which it is done.
The fraudsters are said to target such properties whose original owners are dead and their kin are either abroad or in other parts of India with none close by to look after them.
More shocking is the news that in several cases the sale deeds which are submitted to the Mamlatdar for change in the Survey Record of Rights are found to be manipulated and different from those registered with the Sub Registrar while in some other cases, the sale deeds have been found to be not registered at all.
The Police and govt authorities should carry out a thorough inquiry into the whole issue and spare no effort to see that the culprits are brought to book and given severe punishment.
This is a wake-up call to all absentee landowners. They cannot leave their properties which were bought by their ancestors with hard earned money, untended anymore.
