MUMBAI: Trombay police on Saturday busted a flatgrabbing racket involving forged allotment documents with the arrest of two women who were illegally occupying two of the around 30 residential units in a Mhadadeveloped police quarters in Mankhurd.Police received information about unauthorised occupation in Building No. 21 and found Sufia Khatun Mohammad Shamim Khan (44), a social worker, and Shahida Khatun Usama Khan (22), a housewife, in flat numbers 511 and 708. The duo produced allotment and possession letters purportedly issued by BMC.“The documents were found to be forged and falsely signed in the name of an assistant municipal commissioner of M-East Ward. The two women, in collusion with the absconding mastermind Sansar Khan, fabricated BMC allotment letters, broke open the locks of the vacant police flats, and started residing there,” alleged an officer.Investigators said Khan, who posed as a BMC employee, promised Sufia a govt flat for Rs 5 lakh, and she paid Rs 2 lakh in cash and submitted identity documents to obtain the forged possession letters issued in the name of Shahida. Police have sealed the two flats and are checking the status of the remaining units.
