Aurangabad: A 65-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) Asif Siddiqui has been making frantic efforts to save his ancestral home in Manzoorpura in old city which is allegedly being eyed by land sharks even as the city police have refused entertain his complaint.
The culprits have allegedly forged the ‘chaturshima’ (terms used to specify the plot’s location) on the documents while Siddiqui was away. After his return, he has now been forced to stay at a hotel since the land sharks have demolished a portion of the house and also installed a makeshift tin shed on the spot to stake their claim.
Siddiqui had lodged a couple of complaints through e-mails to the police commissioner on March 22, but it only led to a primary investigation.
He approached the City Chowk police station on Thursday to lodge a fresh complaint but allegedly found the police uncooperative.
“I frequently visit India, and until a year ago, the property was in our possession and the caretaker used to stay there. But on March 22, I learnt that some land sharks using forged ‘chaturshima’ are staking claim over the property. After this, I sent a couple of complaints to the city police chief via e-mail but it was in vain,” he said.
Siddiqui has been working in Saudi Arabia for the past 37 years and is a manager with a lubricant company. He rushed back to Aurangabad after he learnt that some persons are trying to stake claim to his property using forged documents.
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