Man held on the charges of land grabbing

August 26, 2017 08:48 pm | Updated 08:48 pm IST - Coimbatore

A 50-year-old man was arrested by the Anti Land Grabbing Special Cell (ALGSC) on the charges of cheating, forgery and land grabbing on Friday.

Based on a complaint lodged by Sundararaj living in the United States, the police arrested Gopalakrishnan, a native of Dindigul native, on charges of usurping the property of Sundararaj at Peelamedu by forging documents. The accused, a flower trader by profession, also started constructing a house at the eight cent plot which is currently valued over ₹ 1 crore.

During a recent visit to Coimbatore, Sundararaj found that the plot owned by him has been encroached and construction of a two-storeyed house was under way.

When checked with the registrar office, he found that the property has been sold to Gopalakrishnan, currently residing at Vada Madurai. Sundararaj also learnt that the property was sold in his name to Gopalakrishnan as per official records.

“Gopalakrishnan made another man to act as Sundararaj at registrar office and registered the property into his name. They also created forged documents for the same,” said S. Rajeswari, Inspector of ALGSC.

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