A land trader in Ahmedabad has alleged that 10 people defrauded him of ₹4.70 crore by posing as landowners, creating forged identity documents and executing duplicate property papers for land in Ognaj village. The complaint was registered at Sola police station against the alleged organisers, impersonators and witnesses involved in the transactions.
According to the complaint reported by Divya Bhaskar, the alleged fraud came to light when the buyer applied to have the purchased land transferred into his name in government revenue records. As part of the process, notices were sent to the recorded owners. The genuine owners then contacted the buyer and told him that they had not sold their land.
The complainant, identified as Rashminbhai Patel, is a resident of Bhadaj and works in land transactions. The report said that about 10 months ago, Dharamshi Rabari and Deepak Tripathi allegedly approached him with an offer to arrange the sale of land in Ognaj. Patel was familiar with the two men and therefore trusted them, according to the complaint.
The two men allegedly introduced Patel to people who were presented as the original owners of the land. The complaint states that forged Aadhaar and PAN cards were prepared in the names of the actual owners, identified as Baldevbhai Patel, Kantaben, Minalben and Hitendrakumar. The accused allegedly used these documents to open bank accounts at Bandhan Bank in the names of the supposed landowners.
The reported transactions included a notarised agreement executed on January 19, 2026, and registered sale deeds dated April 30 and May 6, 2026. The complaint alleges that the documents were executed in the names of the impersonated landowners and that other accused persons signed as witnesses. Patel allegedly paid a total of ₹4.70 crore through bank transfers and cash for the transactions.
The genuine owners told Patel that unknown persons had created fake identity documents in their names and prepared duplicate property documents. After learning this, Patel approached the sub-registrar’s office and applied for cancellation of the disputed sale deeds and agreement, according to the report.
The police complaint names 10 accused persons, including Rabari and Tripathi, people who allegedly impersonated the original landowners and those accused of signing as false witnesses. The alleged offences include cheating, using forged documents as genuine and opening bank accounts through false identities. The report did not state whether arrests had been made or whether the police had recovered the money. The investigation and verification of the documents and financial transactions will determine the next steps in the case.
