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Two persons were arrested by Vellore South constabulary connected Wednesday for forging the signature of the District Collector to get a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for DTCP (Directorate of Town and Country Planning) approval.
Police said the arrested persons were identified arsenic K. Tamil Selvan, 35, who works successful the postal conception astatine the Collectorate and B. Thyagarajan, 41, a existent property agent. They are residents of Vellore.
Initial enquiry revealed that landowner Mohammed Shah Jahan, 56, has astir 1.3 acres of patta onshore adjacent Saduperi water that comes nether Vellore Corporation limits. He decided to person the unfastened patta onshore into commercialized residential plots for sale.
As the constabulary said the onshore does not person DTCP approval, Shah Jahan sought the assistance of his person Abdul Latif, 42, for the job. Latif got successful interaction with real-estate cause Thyagarajan. Police said the trio sought the assistance of Tamil Selvan, who works successful the Collectorate, to get DTCP support for the land. Selvan reportedly forged the signature of District Collector and issued a NOC to get DTCP support from the civic body.
Police said during verification of documents, gross officials recovered forgery of the Collector’s signatures. Based connected a ailment by the District Revenue Officer (DRO), the Superintendent of Police (SP) A. Myilvaganan formed peculiar teams to nab the suspects.
Special teams nabbed Tamil Selvan and Thyagarajan. Two others, including the landowner, are absconding. A lawsuit was registered. Arrested persons were lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore. A probe is nether way.
