Woman forges document to sell other's land

Woman ‘lands’ in the clink

Bengaluru, March 11: A woman who allegedly forged documents to sell the same land to different people, was arrested by the woman and narcotics squad of the Central Crime Branch (CCB).
The cops identified her as H. Kasturi, 48, of Patalamma block in Kadugodi. The police are looking for four more accused for allegedly helping her make the documents. They have been identified as Prasanna, Ananda, Srinivasa and Narasimha Reddy.
M. Sarojamma owned one acre of land in Allalasandra near Yelahanka, which was acquired by Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) in 2006. She filed a case in the high court questioning the acquisition.
On learning about this, the other four accused got Kasturi to impersonate as Sarojamma and forged her signature.The four accused prepared fake land documents and approached one T.B. Rudresh of Tumkur to buy the land. “After forging the documents, Kasturi told Rudresh that she would sell it for Rs 2 crore. But the deal fell through as Rudresh failed to arrange for the money,” an officer said.
Later, Kasturi contacted another person from the city whom the police identified as Ashok Kumar of Sadashivnagar. The deal was sealed for Rs 2.85 crore and the victim paid Rs 50 lakh as token advance. The fraud was discovered when Sarojamma went to the sub-registrar’s office for some work and learnt about the fraud. She filed a case with the police.