An Ahmedabad land fraud case involving 115 vighas of inherited land in Makarba, valued at approximately ₹70 crore, has led to a complaint against eight people with the CID Crime branch. The complaint alleges that forged documents and a fake general power of attorney were used to alter inheritance records and take control of the property without the consent of the original heirs.
The complainant, identified in the report as 54-year-old Amratji Thakor, is a farmer from Kheda district. He alleged that the land in the Makarba village area originally belonged to his maternal grandfather, Chundaji Bapuji Thakor. The property was inherited by family members after Chundaji Thakor’s death in 2000, while Amratji’s father, Pratapji Thakor, died in 2022.
According to the complaint, relatives visited Amratji’s home after Diwali in 2003 and asked him to sign blank papers and provide his thumb impression. They allegedly said the signatures were required to complete the inheritance process for the Makarba land. Amratji told them he would sign only after an inheritance form was prepared and in the presence of the village revenue official, or talati.
The complaint further states that the same group later returned with two advocates and again requested his signature, saying the inheritance process was urgent. Amratji allegedly refused to sign blank documents. He later learned that names had been added to the family’s inheritance records without his knowledge or the consent of his siblings and other family members.
The alleged changes were discovered when the family approached the talati’s office to inspect the land records. The complaint says that in December 2023, the rights of Amratji and his brothers and sisters were removed from the inheritance records, while the names of other individuals were added. The complainant has alleged that the changes were made without either oral or written permission from the family.
In an application to the Makarba talati, Amratji alleged that a false general power of attorney had been prepared in the names of family members and that the 115-vigha property was subsequently taken over and sold. The estimated market value of the land was placed at around ₹70 crore in the complaint. The report does not establish the final legal status of any alleged sale or whether the disputed transactions have been cancelled.
CID Crime has registered a cheating complaint against Babarji Chudaji Thakor, Prahladji Karsanji Thakor, Girish Trivedi, Vipul H. Raval, Bhikha Parshottambhai Vaghani, Dhiru VaghAbhai Kakadia, Gagji Balabhai Desai and D.K. Vyas. The allegations remain subject to investigation and due legal process. The case highlights how disputes involving inherited urban-edge land can become entangled with revenue records, powers of attorney and competing claims over property rights.
