Fake identities, phone numbers: How 5 men impersonated deceased owners in ₹2.29 crore land fraud in Navi Mumbai
As per police, Shinde got his father and brother-in-law to impersonate the dead brothers by using fake identity documents.
In a five-month investigation, police in Navi Mumbai successfully arrested five individuals accused of impersonating the dead owners to carry out a land fraud worth ₹2.29 crores. The mastermind behind the scheme, Suraj Vasudev Shinde, orchestrated the entire operation using fake identity documents and multiple aliases to evade law enforcement.
The accused targeted a plot in Karanjade belonging to deceased brothers Nathan Eliyahu Chincholkar and Shalom (Selim) Eliyahu Chincholkar, who had since moved to Israel and passed away in the country. Police recovered forged PAN and Aadhaar Cards in the names of the deceased landowners following the arrests. Shinde and his accomplices managed to sell the plot for the fraudulent amount, with Suraj Shinde eventually apprehended in Thivim, Goa.
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