Three leading builders have been booked by the Aurangabad police on charges of cheating and forgery after they allegedly forged maps and submitted them in various government offices for obtaining favorable orders and opinions.
According to a complaint lodged with the police by contractor Bhagawan Gorde, the cheating was aimed at usurping prime land situated in Satara region. The police are also wondering what prevented the government departments like the CIDCO and Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), who have been duped by the trio, to not lodge a complaint. Gorde, in his complaint, has stated that the trio allegedly hatched a conspiracy and forged a map of gat number 220. The same map was submitted to the CIDCO and AMC.
The complainant states that the suspects misled the land records officials by systematically submitting the maps and obtained a favorable opinion and used the same to sell the land to three others accomplices. The contractor has stated that all the suspects, including those who purchased the land, were aware of the fact that the maps were forged. To substantiate his complaint, Gorde has cited the documents, including the maps, submitted by the builders. As he complained against the trio for having cheated the government organizations with the help of the forged documents, the police filed cheating and forgery cases against the builders.
