{"id":6504,"date":"2026-04-28T17:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/?p=6504"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:39:58","slug":"bethora-land-fraud-case-tcp-middleman-arrested-fake-nocs-used-for-illegal-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/bethora-land-fraud-case-tcp-middleman-arrested-fake-nocs-used-for-illegal-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethora Land Fraud Case: TCP Middleman Arrested, Fake NOCs Used for Illegal Transactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ponda, April 28, 2026:<br>A major land fraud case has surfaced in Bethora village of Ponda taluka, exposing an alleged nexus involving middlemen and officials linked to the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ponda Police have arrested Ferdin Shaikh (40), a resident near Ponda Municipality, identified as a middleman in the case. The arrest comes following an investigation into alleged illegal land transactions carried out using forged documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police sources, the case pertains to a property admeasuring 55,700 square metres, where the accused allegedly misused a power of attorney granted by 33 co-owners. Fake No Objection Certificates (NOCs), purportedly issued by the TCP Department, were allegedly used to execute illegal sale deeds of ancestral and undivided property belonging to the Bethora communidade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In connection with the same case, Manguirish Vernekar, then Deputy Town Planner, Ponda, has moved an anticipatory bail application before the District Court, fearing arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the probe, police have seized around 50 original sale deeds from the Sub-Registrar Office, Ponda, which were allegedly registered based on forged NOCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FIR has been registered under Sections 420 (cheating), 465, 467, 468 (forgery-related offences), and 471 (use of forged documents), read with Section 34 of the IPC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint was filed by local resident Ucchari Gaude, who alleged that he was deprived of his lawful rights over the property due to the fraudulent activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police investigations are ongoing, and further arrests in the case are likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ponda, April 28, 2026:A major land fraud case has surfaced in Bethora village of Ponda taluka, exposing an alleged nexus involving middlemen and officials linked to the Town and Country&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gaonkaari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-28-at-17.09.05.jpeg?fit=1204%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6506,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504\/revisions\/6506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}