Land grab: ED scours 8 Goa, Pune locations
Panaji: The enforcement directorate (ED), Panaji, conducted search operations at eight premises in Goa and Pune in connection with an alleged land grab case and seized incriminating documents pertaining to immovable properties and records of cash entries.
The ED said that the searches were part of a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) investigation against John Paul Valles , Sandeep Vazarkar , and their associates.
The search operations, conducted at the residential and office premises of those involved, resulted in the seizure of multiple electronic devices and a significant volume of incriminating documents.
Key seizures included various deeds of sale, powers of attorney, documents related to multiple inventory proceedings, and a diary containing details of cash payments.
These items were primarily seized from the residences of Vazarkar, Valles, Sandeep Manjrekar, and Avinash Naik.
“The seized evidence is being scrutinised and is expected to provide crucial leads for tracing the proceeds of crime and furthering the ongoing investigation into the land grabbing conspiracy,” the ED said.
The directorate initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered by the Porvorim police station. The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy to illegally grab an ancestral landed property measuring 5,000 square metres at Survey No. 210/5 at Socorro, North Goa, belonging to the complainant, Jeronimo Oliveiro Desouza, the ED said.
The investigation pertains to the modus operandi with which the accused allegedly conspired to create a fraudulent inventory proceeding (No. 134/2019/C).
“This document falsely claimed that the father of Sandra De Sa and Maureen Saldanha had the same name as the complainant’s father, thereby enabling the fraudulent transfer of the property to the names of the two sisters,” the ED said. “Subsequently, John Paul Valles obtained a power of attorney (POA) from them in Pune and proceeded to subdivide the land into plots and sell them to multiple buyers.”
The ED said that Vazarkar accompanied Valles to Pune for the execution of the POA and was instrumental in arranging buyers for the plots.
“During the PMLA investigation, Vazarkar admitted to receiving Rs 10 lakh as brokerage. The investigation also found large, unexplained cash deposits in the personal and business bank accounts of Vazarkar,” the ED said.
The ED said that the searches were part of a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) investigation against John Paul Valles , Sandeep Vazarkar , and their associates.
The search operations, conducted at the residential and office premises of those involved, resulted in the seizure of multiple electronic devices and a significant volume of incriminating documents.
Key seizures included various deeds of sale, powers of attorney, documents related to multiple inventory proceedings, and a diary containing details of cash payments.
These items were primarily seized from the residences of Vazarkar, Valles, Sandeep Manjrekar, and Avinash Naik.
“The seized evidence is being scrutinised and is expected to provide crucial leads for tracing the proceeds of crime and furthering the ongoing investigation into the land grabbing conspiracy,” the ED said.
The directorate initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered by the Porvorim police station. The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy to illegally grab an ancestral landed property measuring 5,000 square metres at Survey No. 210/5 at Socorro, North Goa, belonging to the complainant, Jeronimo Oliveiro Desouza, the ED said.
The investigation pertains to the modus operandi with which the accused allegedly conspired to create a fraudulent inventory proceeding (No. 134/2019/C).
“This document falsely claimed that the father of Sandra De Sa and Maureen Saldanha had the same name as the complainant’s father, thereby enabling the fraudulent transfer of the property to the names of the two sisters,” the ED said. “Subsequently, John Paul Valles obtained a power of attorney (POA) from them in Pune and proceeded to subdivide the land into plots and sell them to multiple buyers.”
The ED said that Vazarkar accompanied Valles to Pune for the execution of the POA and was instrumental in arranging buyers for the plots.
“During the PMLA investigation, Vazarkar admitted to receiving Rs 10 lakh as brokerage. The investigation also found large, unexplained cash deposits in the personal and business bank accounts of Vazarkar,” the ED said.
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