PANJIM: The Justice VK Jadhav Commission of Inquiry probing the land grab cases will on Monday continue to hear the complaint against Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar of having grabbed land admeasuring 1,48,800.00 square metres situated at Dhargalim village in Pernem of which Mapusa-based Rawloo Khalap currently residing in California is a co-owner.
Adv Aires Rodrigues had in July last year had filed a complaint on behalf of Rawloo Khalap with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at Crime Branch giving details of the land grabbing by the MLA.
Rodrigues in his complaint stated that Arolkar grabbed the land and created over 200 plots in the property by illegally and fraudulently executing sale deeds with third parties and selling the entire property in connivance with Pernem revenue officials.
Rodrigues in his complaint further alleged that Arolkar in gross violation of law with political patronage and funds allegedly generated through land scams had also funded and constructed tar roads illegally connecting to the village road and electricity poles were installed unlawfully while no action had been taken by the Electricity Department and the PWD.
In his complaint, he also drew the attention of the Crime Branch that Arolkar had also reportedly illegally created number of small plots in the adjacent property belonging to an elderly widow and in defiance of law had similarly illegally and fraudulently sold them to various parties by executing similar devious sale deeds.
The first hearing in the matter was held on March 1.
