Latest news with #CID(Crime)
Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Gujarat police agencies in face-off over businessman's complaint
Ahmedabad: A tussle between two key units of Gujarat Police has put the top state leadership in an awkward spot. A complaint filed by a Vadodara-based chemical businessman has triggered a face-off between the CID (Crime) and the State Monitoring Cell (SMC), exposing internal fault lines and prompting emergency meetings among senior officers. The dispute surfaced after two junior personnel from the DIG Nirlipt Rai-headed SMC, which reports directly to DGP Vikas Sahay, entered the office of DIG Parikshita Rathod of CID (Crime) earlier this week. They questioned her and another IPS officer about pending files related to complaints, including one involving a Rs 15 crore fraud allegedly committed by a foreign company. "She initially responded as they cited instructions from the DGP," said a senior police officer. "But beyond a point, she refused to entertain the two officers who were junior to her. The two were asked to leave the CID (Crime) office," said a police source. The fallout led to the suspension of a PSI for delay in processing an application. The businessman, known to be close to a senior IPS officer formerly posted in CID (Crime), had approached police higher-ups with support from another IPS officer of the 2013 batch after he felt no action was being taken on his complaint. A source in CID (Crime) said, "The complaint was filed four months ago. No steps were taken. The 2013-batch officer informed Rai about the case, who apprised DGP Sahay about the issue." The internal tensions became widely discussed by Thursday night. By Friday morning, DGP Sahay convened a closed-door meeting with DIG Rathod, the second IPS officer, and DIG Rai to de-escalate the matter. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Time of India
City survey superintendent arrested in bogus property cards racket
Surat: The CID (Crime) on Saturday arrested Anant Patel , a key accused in a land grab racket involving 486 allegedly bogus property cards , from Pune. Patel, a Class II city survey superintendent, had been absconding since January 2025 when an FIR was registered by CID (Crime), Surat. He was produced before a local Pune court for transit remand and is expected to be presented before a Surat court on Sunday. Patel is accused of colluding with others to usurp prime land near the Surat airport by generating fake property documents. The accused include his senior, Class I city survey superintendent Kana Gamit, a data entry operator in the survey office, and promoters of Samruddhi Corporation. They have been booked under IPC sections for cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. Several other accused remain at large. The complaint was filed by Azad Ramoliya, a landowner, who alleged that bogus property cards were created to seize land parcels in Dumas, Gavier, and Vanta villages near the city. These areas—strategically located between Surat and Dumas Beach along the Tapi river—currently host some of the highest-value undeveloped land in the region. According to the FIR, Samruddhi Corporation—allegedly owned by top realtors in Surat—was involved in illegally developing plotting schemes on the seized land. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like [Ativar Agora] - Licença de antivírus para PC Clique aqui Undo Some plots, transferred fraudulently using forged documents, changed hands multiple times. Ramoliya claimed that government officials and developers colluded to prepare 135 fake property cards for his six plots in Dumas and one in Vanta, and another 351 bogus entries for other plots between 2017 and 2022. He alleged that despite filing several complaints with authorities, including the district collector, no action was taken for years. He also stated that names of farmers were falsely entered in the 7/12 extracts and the plots were sold as part of a farmhouse scheme called 'Silent Zone'.
