Mumbai: Shilpa Shetty’s mother duped of ₹1.6 crore in a land deal

Juhu police booked a Karjat resident for cheating Sunanda Shetty, mother of actor Shilpa Shetty, to the tune of ₹1.60 crore.

Juhu police booked a Karjat resident for cheating Sunanda Shetty, mother of actor Shilpa Shetty, to the tune of ₹1.6 crore.

Shilpa Shetty;s (in pic) mother was duped by a fraudster who allegedly sold her a piece of land in Karjat which did not belong to him. (HT FILE)

Juhu police on Wednesday registered a first information report (FIR) for cheating and forgery following an order by a metropolitan magistrate court. Shetty alleged that the man, Sudhakar Ghare, sold her a plot at Karjat in Raigad district for ₹1.6 crore by lying to her that the land belonged to him.

According to police, Ghare came in contact with Shetty in 2109 and showed her a plot at Karjat saying it was his and he wanted to sell it. The complainant bought the land last year.

Later, when she found out that the land belonged to someone else, she confronted Ghare. He told her that he had political contacts and threatened her. Shetty then approached the court following which an order was issued to Juhu police to register an FIR against Ghare.

Shashikant Mane, senior inspector of Juhu police station, said they have booked Ghare under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by agent), 420 (cheating), 462 (punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (fraudulent or dishonest use as genuine any document or electronic record which is forged), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

“We have registered the FIR and are now tracing Ghare who is absconding at present. We are also verifying the purchase documents submitted by Sunanda Shetty before the court,” said Mane.