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Vasai-Virar housing scam: Despite crackdown, illegal flats still being sold
Updated On: 22 August, 2023 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Despite authorities cracking down following mid-day’s series of reports in Vasai-Virar building scam, our investigation reveals that agents were selling new homes built by accused even as of Monday
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Avadh Township in Vasai East is under probe after its papers were found during a raid on the gang’s properties; (right) mid-day’s reports on the scam on August 8, 12, 19; the real estate agents, Salunkhe and her boss Gaikwad. Pics/Hanif Patel
Despite back-to-back reports in mid-day on the Rs 3,000-crore Vasai-Virar housing scam and subsequent crackdown on errant developers by the authorities, real estate agents are brazenly selling flats in buildings built illegally by the gang of five. This reporter found one such agency in Vasai East—Om Enterprises—which had a 1BHK flat for Rs 18 lakh at under-construction Avadh Township. Agents offered to help him secure an 80 per cent to 90 per cent home loan and also promised possession within two-three months.
The Virar police, after busting the scam, raided the properties of mastermind Prashant Patil and his gang in the first week of August and seized counterfeit completion certificate (CC) and other forged property papers. Among these papers were documents of the five buildings at Avadh Township, which is currently being investigated. The Waliv police recently filed an FIR based on a complaint from Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) officials.
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