102 maps forged to legalise Mumbai coast properties: Probe https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/102-maps-forged-to-legalise-mumbai-coast-properties-probe/articleshow/116972854.cms Ahmed Ali / TNN Jan 6, 2025, The manipulation was first flagged by a farmer from Erangal in Malad, Vaibhav Thakur, who owns ancestral farm land.
deputy superintendent of land records Nitin Salunkhe lodged another FIR in 2021. He said maps and documents were forged between 2012 and 2020 to regularise illegal constructions in eco-sensitive zones.
Investigators found that of 884 permanent enumeration maps dating back to 1955-1984 and housed in the deputy superintendent's office, 102 were fraudulent, showing constructions that did not exist before 1964. Maharashtra govt, following the SIT's findings, has ordered the principal secretary of Urban Development and Director of Land Records in Pune to take action against those responsible for manipulating public records.