FIR against real estate bizman for forging senior citizens signature in Mumbai land deal
Mumbai Jan 18 PTI An FIR was registered against a real estate businessman and directors of a company in Mumbai for allegedly forging the signature of a 74-year-old man and using the photo of another person to prepare a conveyance deed showing that he had sold out his stake in a plot in suburban Vile Parle police said on Tuesday The FIR was registered on Friday after the complainant Jerome DSouza approached the police and later a magistrates court Police invoked various sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC for forgery and cheating against the accused persons The FIR stated that Deven Raghani Nyanesh Parikh and directors of a private limited company forged the signature of DSouza and also used the photograph of another person in his name in the conveyance deed document showing that he had sold out his 20 stake in the land an official said A conveyance deed is a contract in which the seller transfers all rights to the legal owner Raghani had similar cases pending against him in Mumbai the Airport police station official said He said the police are investigating the exact role played by the accused named in the FIR Raghani said the allegations levelled by DSouza are false and baseless We had purchased this land from his nephew LN DSouza in 2008 but later cancelled the deal in 2010 We paid Rs 9 lakh to LN DSouza We will move the court for quashing the FIR he said PTI ZA NSK NSK

Mumbai Jan 18 PTI An FIR was registered against a real estate businessman and directors of a company in Mumbai for allegedly forging the signature of a 74-year-old man and using the photo of another person to prepare a conveyance deed showing that he had sold out his stake in a plot in suburban Vile Parle police said on Tuesday The FIR was registered on Friday after the complainant Jerome DSouza approached the police and later a magistrates court Police invoked various sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC for forgery and cheating against the accused persons The FIR stated that Deven Raghani Nyanesh Parikh and directors of a private limited company forged the signature of DSouza and also used the photograph of another person in his name in the conveyance deed document showing that he had sold out his 20 stake in the land an official said A conveyance deed is a contract in which the seller transfers all rights to the legal owner Raghani had similar cases pending against him in Mumbai the Airport police station official said He said the police are investigating the exact role played by the accused named in the FIR Raghani said the allegations levelled by DSouza are false and baseless We had purchased this land from his nephew LN DSouza in 2008 but later cancelled the deal in 2010 We paid Rs 9 lakh to LN DSouza We will move the court for quashing the FIR he said PTI ZA NSK NSK