Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)
Kundapur, Jan 10: In a case reported from Mudoor village within Jadkal gram panchayat in the taluk, land belonging to a person was sold by preparing fraudulent documents. The person who purchased this land, has since mortgaged this land to a bank as security for a loan. As a result, several lacs of rupees of the bank are at stake and the genuine owner of the land is fighting to get his land bank, and in the process, is made to move from pillar to post to set the records straight.
The person who is at the receiving end of this fraud is N M Majeed, a native of Kerala. Perpetrators of fraud have been identified as locals, Ranjith, K K Mathew, and Sijo Thomas. Ranjith's wife, Kavita, has availed loan by mortgaging this land to a bank. N M Abdul Majeed, who has approached Kollur police station for justice, has said in his complaint that an advocate named Uday Kumar Shetty has facilitated this fraud by certifying fake documents as genuine.
N M Majeed owns a 110 acre rubber estate in Mudoor named 'Hidayath Estate', and had appointed a person named M P Vincent to look after the property. For taking measurements of the property, Vincent had contacted a person named Ranjith, who works as broker. Ranjith claimed that Majeed's mother's photo is required to complete the formalities, and obtained the same. In November 2013, Ranjith, in connivance with two others, K K Mathew and Sijo Thomas, got a fake power attorney prepared and executed, duly affixing the photograph of Majeed's mother to it. By using services of Sijo Thomas in the capacity of an agent, this fake power of attorney was got notarized and certified by advocate, Uday Kumar Shetty. By using this forged power of attorney, 4.15 acres of land standing under survey No. 26/74 was sold on December 2, 2013 to Sijio Thomas, Majeed has claimed in his complaint. The registration of sale was registered in Shankaranarayana sub-registrar's office the same day for Rs 28 lac, he added.
Majeed further said that by mortgaging this land, a loan of Rs 25 lac was availed from Karnataka Bank Ltd Kundapur branch. The police have registered the complaint and set the investigation process rolling.