<p>Seven people, including some lawyers, have been booked for trying to grab public property worth over Rs 20 crore in the heart of Bengaluru in a fresh case of fake civil suits.</p>.<p>The suspects allegedly created fake documents and later tried to grab the land through a compromise decree by approaching the court. </p>.<p>The suspects include Senthil Kumar, C N Nagaraju, Babu, Sarojini Dotra, Venkatappa and Chitra, said a source from the Ashoknagar police who registered the case following a complaint from BBMP Revenue Inspector (Ward Number 111), H L Ramamurthy.</p>.<p>A source said the property belonged to the BBMP. The fake civil suit was based on a rent agreement created in December 2016. Later, Dotra, one of the lawyers, issued a notice to Nagaraju for violating the rent agreement. The matter was subsequently taken to the Eighth Additional Small Causes Court. BBMP officials had no clue, the source said. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>'Owner-tenant' nexus </strong></p>.<p>The suspects used a fake khata certificate and extract to appeal to the court to get the tenant “vacated”. The petitioner and the respondent then submitted a request for a compromise decree, following which the court issued an order. Using the decree, the suspects tried to grab the BBMP land, the source added. </p>.<p>The case is said to be part of a larger scam whereby many vacant sites were grabbed by filing fake civil suits, creating fake petitioners and respondents and seeking compromise decrees from courts. </p>.<p>Following a direction by the high court, the Registrar of Small Causes Court, R Dhanalakshmi, lodged a complaint at the Halasuru Gate police station about the fake civil suit case. The case was later handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). </p>.<p>Police have so far unearthed 116 cases of fake civil suits while the CID has submitted a preliminary report in the matter. </p>.<p>“As many as 116 fake suits have been filed to grab land worth Rs 600 crore in and outside Bengaluru. Four lawyers have been arrested and are all on bail,” a CID source said. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Seven people, including some lawyers, have been booked for trying to grab public property worth over Rs 20 crore in the heart of Bengaluru in a fresh case of fake civil suits.</p>.<p>The suspects allegedly created fake documents and later tried to grab the land through a compromise decree by approaching the court. </p>.<p>The suspects include Senthil Kumar, C N Nagaraju, Babu, Sarojini Dotra, Venkatappa and Chitra, said a source from the Ashoknagar police who registered the case following a complaint from BBMP Revenue Inspector (Ward Number 111), H L Ramamurthy.</p>.<p>A source said the property belonged to the BBMP. The fake civil suit was based on a rent agreement created in December 2016. Later, Dotra, one of the lawyers, issued a notice to Nagaraju for violating the rent agreement. The matter was subsequently taken to the Eighth Additional Small Causes Court. BBMP officials had no clue, the source said. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>'Owner-tenant' nexus </strong></p>.<p>The suspects used a fake khata certificate and extract to appeal to the court to get the tenant “vacated”. The petitioner and the respondent then submitted a request for a compromise decree, following which the court issued an order. Using the decree, the suspects tried to grab the BBMP land, the source added. </p>.<p>The case is said to be part of a larger scam whereby many vacant sites were grabbed by filing fake civil suits, creating fake petitioners and respondents and seeking compromise decrees from courts. </p>.<p>Following a direction by the high court, the Registrar of Small Causes Court, R Dhanalakshmi, lodged a complaint at the Halasuru Gate police station about the fake civil suit case. The case was later handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). </p>.<p>Police have so far unearthed 116 cases of fake civil suits while the CID has submitted a preliminary report in the matter. </p>.<p>“As many as 116 fake suits have been filed to grab land worth Rs 600 crore in and outside Bengaluru. Four lawyers have been arrested and are all on bail,” a CID source said. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
