India News | Case Against 6 Persons for Forging Documents to Get Compensation for Land Acquired for Highway Project in Maha

Palghar, Jan 19 (PTI) Police have registered a case against six persons for allegedly fabricating records to get compensation worth Rs 31.68 lakh for land acquired for the Mumbai-Vadodara highway project in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Thursday.

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Two of the accused presented three women and a man as proxies for dead persons to get the compensation, an official from Palghar police station said.

The accused fabricated the records to show some of the dead persons who were affected by the project as still alive to claim the compensation, he said.

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Based on a complaint, the Palghar police registered a case on Wednesday against the six persons under Indian Penal Code sections for cheating and forgery, the official said.

No arrest has been made so far, he said, adding a probe is on into the case.

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