By Biswanath Dash
BHUBANESWAR: Economic Offence Wing of Odisha Police CID-CB (EOW ) arrested two fraudsters namely Antaryami Senapati ( a Moharir/Advocate-Clerk by profession), the head of the organized land fraud, and his associate Ananta Kumar Pradhan on 25.02.2023 from Bhubaneswar in EOW PS CaseNo.07 dt.21.02.2023 U/s 419/420/ 467/468/471/120-B IPC. They were produced before the Court of Hon’ble SDJM, Bhubaneswar on 26.02.2023.
The case was registered basing on the allegation of Lipika Das that she is the bonafide owner of the land bearing Plot No.185, Revenue Plot No.334,Revenue Khata No.295 in Phase-II of Vasanta Vihar at Malipada Mouza, and theROR stands in her name.
But somebody impersonating her as Lipika Das before theSub Registrar, Khandagiri, has managed to sell away her above said plot to oneHaladhar Dash by executing a fraudulent Sale Deed without her knowledge. In pursuance of a well hatched criminal conspiracy between the arrested accused Antaryami Senapati and his associates had fraudulently made thefake sale deed by impersonating the real owner and arranging the fakeidentifying witnesses. In order to materialize their plan, they manufactured thefalse documents.So far eight such land selling frauds have already come to notice.
They also made one Gitanjali Mohapatra of Erancha and her husbandBrajkishore Senapati (Working in CRPF) to purchase two plots standingrespectively in the name of Sabita Sahoo of Hinjilikatu and Anil ChanrdaPattnayak of Bhanjanagar by preparing fake sale deed by using forgeddocuments and impersonating the real land owners, and misappropriatedthe consideration amount of Rs.18 lakhs towards purchase of the plots. Inthis connection, Badagada PS case No.426 dt.12.12.2021 has been registered.
They also defrauded one Ajaya Kumar Senapati (working with Indian Army)by fraudulently selling 2600 sq.ft. of land by impersonating the actual landowner Sarat Kumar Sanabada and making the false sale deed by forged documentation.
They also made the fraudulent transfer of the land standing in the name ofone Satyabhama Das of Dimiri, Govindapur, in favour of Damayanti Das,wife of accused Haladhar Dash by making forged sale deed andimpersonating the real owner Satyabhama Das
Apart from the above said plot, three other plots of Satyabhama Das havealso fraudulently been sold out in favour of three other fake purchasers bycreating forged documents/sale deeds and impersonating the real owner by this racket. The racket involves illegal sale/purchase of the land by forged documentation and impersonation of the real owners. After the fraudulent sale ofthe land in favour of the persons of their interest, the accused persons were going to sell it again to other parties. This gang is involved in many other such cases which are being scrutinized by EOW and action would be initiated in all such cases.CAUTION/ APPEAL-Whoever has approached Antrayami Senpati or Haldhar Das in connection withland purchase or selling please contact our investigating officer as it is possiblethat they might have been duped.TOLL FREE NO- 18003457103It is also emphasized that Aadhar card must be verified wheneversuspicion arises. It can easily be done by following methods Age Band, Gender, State and the last 3 digits of mobile of an Aadhaarholdercanbeverifiedbyvisitinghttps://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/verifyAadhaar .
All that a person needs to do is enter the Aadhaar number. A QR code is put on every Aadhaar card. This QR code comprises the Aadhaar number holder’s name, gender, date of birth, and address, as well as a photograph. The QR code can be read using the Adhaar QR scanner app, which is available on Google Play and the App Store.
