Sub-Registrar held for facilitating fraud in land registration

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested Jafar Sadiq, erstwhile Madhavaram Sub-Registrar and presently serving successful Ambattur Sub-Registrar Office (SRO), for colluding with immoderate persons and helping them to illegally drawback spot worthy ₹1 crore successful Madhavaram utilizing forged documents.

According to the ailment lodged by S. Sadasivam Pillai, 74, the spot belongs to his son-in-law, Padmakumar. The spot — 2,400 sq. ft of onshore valued astatine astir ₹1 crore — located astatine Thanikachalam Nagar successful Madhavaram, was fraudulently acquired by obtaining a fake patta and creating forged documents.

Fake registrations

Based connected these forged documents, 1 Edwin Moses, registered a colony deed successful the sanction of his wife, Angelin, astatine the Madhavaram Sub-Registrar Office.

Later, utilizing that document, a wide powerfulness of lawyer was registered successful favour of 1 Muthuraja.

After cancelling the erstwhile document, different wide powerfulness of lawyer was registered again successful favour of Muthuraja.

Subsequently, Muthuraja executed a owe deed successful favour of his son, Santhaswaruban. That owe was aboriginal cancelled, and a merchantability deed was executed successful favour of Santhaswaruban. Hethen gave a wide powerfulness of lawyer to Dinesh.

Following the ailment to the Chennai City Police Commissioner, a lawsuit was registered connected March 13. The Land Fraud Investigation Wing (LFIW) conducted an investigation. In March and May,accused Muthuraja, Edwin Moses and Anandan, were arrested and remanded.

During interrogation and based connected their statements, it was recovered that 7 fake registrations had taken place. It besides came to airy that Jaffer Sadiq, 44, past Sub-Registrar of Madhavaram, had actively colluded successful the amerciable transportation of the property, the constabulary said.

Request ignored

Although the complainant had personally submitted a petition successful November 2021 to the Sub-Registrar, requesting that nary further registrations beryllium carried retired arsenic a fake papers had already been registered connected the property, the Sub-Registrar ignored the petition and continued to facilitate fraudulent registrations.

Based connected this evidence, the accused sub-registrar, Jaffer Sadiq of Adambakkam, Chennai, was arrested connected Monday, produced earlier court, and was granted bail.