Mumbai: The property cell of the city crime branch has arrested a Borivli businessman, who, along with others, allegedly forged documents and attempted to usurp a 2.5-acre land in Kandivli surrendered to BMC in exchange for additional floor space index. The suspect, Rinkesh Shah, was produced in court and remanded in police custody till Friday.The complaint was filed by a BMC engineer on Aug 4. The developer built 18 residential buildings on the land’s unreserved portion. BMC later developed civic facilities on the surrendered land. Police said despite the transfer, in 2002, the original landowner’s heirs—Jagdish Bhatt, Suresh Bhatt, Girish Bhatt, Vatsala Joshi and Malini Dave—allegedly re-entered their names in property records by falsely claiming inheritance rights and made sale transactions. The probe showed Rs 75 crore was received in these transactions, with Rs 4.5 crore more paid for stamp duty and registration. —S Ahmed Ali
