tnn | Sep 8, 2018, 05:57 IST
Yavatmal: The SIT sleuths, led by PI Ashish Betal of Yavatmal police station, on Wednesday arrested Rakesh Yadav, the mastermind of the multicrore land scam from Pandharkawda. Police produced Rakesh before the court on Thursday and obtained his PCR for five days.
SIT chief Piyush Jagtap said they have received a tip-off about the arrival of Yadav in Pandharkawda. He was on his way to Adilabad in neighbouring Telangana for taking shelter with his sister there.
“We sent our men to Pandharkawda and arrested him before he moved out of the state,” Jagtap said.
“Seven criminal offences have been registered in various police stations regarding the case. Twelve persons, including Rakhesh, have been arrested so far,” Jagtap said, adding that Mangesh Panhalkar, a close associate of Yadav, was arrested earlier and gave clues about Yadav during interrogation.
Yadav and Panhalkar had fabricated records of the original owners of land lying unattended in the city and its periphery. Thereafter, they executed sale deeds in bogus names with the help of officials in the district sub-registrar office.
Earlier, the SIT team had arrested a stamp vendor and seized his laptop. The team also sealed a xerox centre near the SP office in this connection.
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