Panaji: Enforcement Directorate, Goa, filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against Fr Arlino De Mello, Fr Victor Conceicao Rodrigues, the then procurators of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, Prabhakar Hawaldar the then inspector of survey and land records, city survey, Panaji, and a private real estate development firm in alleged connection with fraudulent deprivation of tenancy rights over a parcel of land situated at Mitra, Caranzalem.ED has filed prosecution complaint under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the special court (PMLA) at Merces.ED said that the investigation stems from an FIR registered at the Panaji police station, under various Sections of IPC, on a complaint alleging that between Nov 18, 2004, and Dec 5, 2006, the accused conspired to record the name of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in the holder’s column of Form ‘B’ pertaining to a parcel of land admeasuring 2,479sqm, by using forged documents, thereby depriving the original tenant family of its lawful tenancy rights.On the basis of the said FIR, ED had recorded an enforcement case information report (ECIR). During the course of investigation, it conducted search operations in Goa, resulting in the recovery of incriminating loose sheets and electronic devices.ED said that the financial investigation revealed that the accused, in collusion used forged documents to fraudulently register the aforesaid parcel of land in the name of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, enabling its subsequent sale to a private real estate development firm vide a sale deed on April 9, 2007 for a conspicuously modest consideration of Rs 61.9 lakh.ED said that the residential-cum-commercial project was thereafter developed and units therein were sold to multiple buyers, generating and possessing proceeds of crime (PoC) quantified at Rs 27.1 crore approximately.ED had earlier issued a provisional attachment order (PAO) attaching immovable properties amounting to Rs 27.1 crore comprising a commercial property (hotel cum-restaurant) at Mitra, Caranzalem, Panaji, and two other immovable properties, being proceeds of crime as well as property representing equivalent value of the proceeds generated through the fraudulent transaction..
