India News | MahaRERA Irregularities in Kalyan-Dombivali: SIT Arrests Five Persons
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A special investigation team probing Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) norm irregularities in projects in Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation limits in Thane district on Friday arrested five persons, an official said.
Thane, Nov 4 (PTI) A special investigation team probing Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) norm irregularities in projects in Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation limits in Thane district on Friday arrested five persons, an official said.
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Those arrested are agents operating real estate businesses and obtaining registration of projects, Senior Inspector Vikas Ghodke of Unit V of the Crime Branch, currently attached to the SIT, said.
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The probe centres on two cases filed in Manpada and Dombivali police stations alleging that MahaRERA norms were obtained for at least 65 projects by submitting fabricated documents, which resulted in KDMC being cheated of several crore rupees by way of development taxes, the official said.
A petition regarding these irregularities is also pending in the Bombay High Court, Ghodke informed.
Land owners, developers, contractors and agents are being probed in the case, he said.
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