Palghar, Oct 21 (PTI) The Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar (MBVV) Police in Maharashtra have arrested two builders for allegedly constructing an illegal eight-storey residential building using forged construction permissions and cheating several flat purchasers, officials said on Wednesday.
The illegal property is situated in Naringi village in Virar (East) in Palghar district, neighbouring Mumbai.
The developers allegedly used fake commencement certificates (CC) and fraudulent documents to register 113 flats and sell them to unsuspecting buyers, thereby defrauding citizens and the government, according to a release issued by the MBVV Police.
Police registered an FIR on October 19 at the Virar police station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for cheating and criminal breach of trust.
The arrested developers have been identified as Kamlesh Mahadev Patil (40) and Vishal Vinayak Patil (38), both residents of Naringi in Virar.
A local court has remanded both accused to police custody until October 29, as investigators probe the role of potential accomplices. PTI COR NSK
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