Land owners booked for procuring fake ZP permissions in Thane

Over 75 landowners and site developers have been booked in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly obtaining Zilla Parishad permissions fraudulently, police said Saturday. The plots in question are situated in 27 villages which are part of the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation since May 2015, an official said.

"These villages were earlier under the Thane Zilla Parishad which was supposed to give permissions for construction purposes. It is alleged that between January 5 and August 9 in 2006, the accused used forged documents to get ZP nod to carry out construction and regularise illegal additions to buildings and plots," he said. A case was registered Friday against the accused of cheating and forgery under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at Manpada police station in Kalyan, he added.

"No arrests have been made so far. A probe is underway," he said.