City police registered altogether five offences under the recently introduced Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) (GLGP) Act on Saturday. Total 14 accused were booked for allegedly encroaching land of different individuals in various police stations. The accused were booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code for forgery, threatening and trespassing.
“Victims of various land grabbing cases had approached the district collector office and after examining their grievances, a committee had ordered police to register these complaints. Afterwards, city police commissioner orders police stations concerned to register FIRs,” said a senior police official.
Investigation of these cases have been handed over to the assistant commissioner of police of different divisions.
One of the top realtors in the city, Raju Patel, his mother Dahiben, and other accused Sorabji Muglai and Jamnaben Patel were booked in Khatodara police station for allegedly encroaching land of Hasmukh Solanki, a resident of Navsari. The accused encroached the land located in posh Vesu area in 2017. Solanki alleged that the accused made a forged sale deed and other documents and also tried to make changes in government records using the forged documents.
In Katargam police station, Harsh Dangar and Nagin Rathod were booked for allegedly encroaching land of Pranami Temple. The complaint was lodged by Suryanarayandasji Maharaj, mahant of the temple in Saiyedpura. The accused carried out construction work on the plot and the temple officials were abused and threatened when they approached the accused to vacate their land.
Three accused namely, Harshad alias Budha Lashkari, his son Aashish and brother Shantidas were booked in Chowk Bazaar police station following complaint of Labhu Gopani, a resident of Ahmedabad. According to the complaint, the accused had forcibly taken possession of Gopani’s flat on Singanpore Causeway road in 2010.
A Navsari resident Vikram Naik was booked in Amroli police station for allegedly encroaching land in Bharthana Kosad of complainant Ketan Desai, a businessman. The accused created forged documents to grab the land in September 2020.
Varachha police booked Jinabhai Dhagal, Naresh Dhagal, Mala Dhagal and Karshan Dhagal for allegedly encroaching around 2500 sqm land of Rahul Bhadarka, a developer. The accused created forged documents of the land in Puna area. They constructed on the land without permission of the complainant.
