Rs 29 lakh forgery: Statement recorded

AHMEDABAD: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials carried out searches at the residence of Mahendra Shah, a trader, in Rs 29 lakh forgery case involving businesswoman Sejal Shah. ED sleuths recovered several documents from Mahendra Shah and also questioned him on Thursday.
Sources said that Shah had helped Sejal in selling two flats using fake power of attorney.According to ED, in January 2014 Sejal Shah had sold two flats in Ratnamani Flats in Satellite area for an undisclosed amount through fake power of attorney. Sanjeev Shah had named his partners Sejal Shah and her brother Meet in his complaint, accusing them of faking his signature to acquire power of attorney and selling two flats they owned in Satellite without his knowledge. Last year, ED had filed forgery case against Sejal and others under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Sources further said that Mahendra Shah’s statement was recorded on Thursday and soon ED will file prosecution in the case.
Last year in November, ED officials had attached two agricultural plots measuring 4,229 sqm and 4,117 sqm in Kadi and one 1,220 sqm land in Sanand which are all benami properties and were bought from the proceeds of the crime.