The Anti-Land Grabbing Cell of the city police on Friday arrested a person who had allegedly grabbed land worth more than ₹10 crore in Adambakkam from the original owner by “creating” a will and forging documents.
According to police, S. Thanigaivel, a realtor of Porur, obtained power of attorney from D. Prabhakar for 1.22 acres of land in Adambakkam in 2011, and has been enjoying the property.
The suspect N. Murugan of Adambakkam prepared documents as if the land belonged to Perumal, a freedom fighter, who was serving in Indian National Army of Subhas Chandra Bose. The police said Murugan claimed that Perumal was granted land by government and tashildar-settlement, Chengalpet, passed an order in Perumal’s name in 1974. Murugan claimed that he had a will created by the deceased Perumal in his favour and furnished this to the then Tambaram RDO. He obtained a patta in his name through fraudulent manner in 2013 and claimed rights over the property. Shocked over this, Mr. Thanigaivel lodged a complaint with police and had a long fight to recover the land. The investigation remained a little tardy until special instructions came from city Police Commissioner A.K. Viswanathan.
The special unit of the city police verified the land records of Kancheepuram district Collector and did not find Perumal’s name in the documents. Murugan was arrested by the special unit on charges of cheating, forgery and other offences.
One more arrested
Meanwhile, the special unit arrested B. Sunderasan, 52, of Jamin Pallavaram, for registering 1.11 acres of land worth more than ₹5 crore belonging to a private construction firm in his name and that of his wife in a fraudulent manner. The charge against him was that he created a document as if the property was pledged to his father and later registered it in his family name fraudulently.
