Reading daily about land grab scams that has occurred (may be still on-going) in Goa is like flicking through a suspense thriller novel. There are so many whodunit moments: dead people are resurrected, ailing persons are resuscitated and rejuvenated, dead sisters married off as husband and wife, dead husband selling his property to his dead wife through a third party who is alive, deceased people signing sale documents and so forth. The plot thickens when close relatives, friends and those given the power of attorney by people who trusted them are involved in spurious transactions and take their near and dear ones for a ride. Scores of persons (locals, non-locals) are involved including those in authority who are supposed to verify the authenticity of documents and people involved in property dealings. And the plot thickens! Looks like most times the validations are given a miss and tossed out for reasons best known to the wheeler-dealers. If this is the scenario in Goa, just imagine what could be happening across the country.
