Team Herald
PANJIM: The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) has comes across startling property details of Kamakshi Forex fraud accused Nilesh Raikar, who is undergoing custodial interrogation for allegedly duping over 400 local investors.
Raikar surrendered to the police on Friday while his accomplices – wife Neelina and mother Rekha – are still at large.
During his interrogation, Raikar revealed property details including ownership of four apartments and around six shops in Margao, one apartment in Panjim, a shop each in Calangute and Mapusa and two plots of 600 sq mtrs and another 400 sq mtrs in Betalbatim. He allegedly holds 52 bank accounts, which have a total balance of Rs 1 lakh.
Sources said that Raikar’s confession that many properties are mortgaged with banks is being verified. “We will write to the banks concerned to ascertain whether Raikar is speaking the truth. Meanwhile, sub-registrars of the respective places have been requested not to (register the sale deeds in respect of) the properties as these are under investigation,” an official said.
The EOC has so far received 420 complaints against the accused, with the number increasing every day.
