Builder held for structure on reserved forest land - Real Estate India

??|?? September 23, 2012 ?? 09:48am ??|Contributed by manoja

PUNE: The forest department, Pune, on Friday night arrested builder Bharat Vohra (40) from Kothrud for allegedly constructing a six-storied building by encroaching on a reserved forest land in Wanowrie.

Vohrawas sent to forest custody remand till September 24.

Range forest officer V B Bhadale said Vohra had purchased a land for constructing a building adjoining the reserved forest land at survey number 49 in Wanowrie a few years ago. However, without seeking permission from the state government, he encroached upon 23 gunthas. The encroachments were discovered when an inspection was conducted by the forest officials recently.

The builder was arrested for committing an offence under relevant sections of the Indian Forest Act, Forest Conservation Act and Indian Penal Code.

Vohrawas produced before a magisterial court for seeking forest custody remand of seven days. The forest department counsel Abhijit Sakurkar told the court that the custodial interrogation of Vohra was essential as he had allegedly forged documents for grabbing the said land.

Sakurkar produced a map to show that the encroached land was a reserved forest and sought time to seize original documents from Vhora?s possession. He argued that Vohra had allegedly caused a massive destruction to the forest land by his act and sought time to identify the role played by his other associates.

Sakurkar suspected the involvement of the PMC and land survey department and retired police officials for aiding Vohra in the crime.

Advocate Sanjay Kadu, representing Vohra, claimed that his client was in legal possession of the land and a six-storied building was constructed after seeking permission from the PMC.

Kadu said that the forest officials had fined Vohra Rs 2,000 for constructing a compound wall on their land in 2009. The officials had reprimanded Vhora of encroaching on their land in future. They had also given a report to their superiors stating that he had not made encroachments two years ago. Vohra had purchased the land from another person in 2007 who had obtained permission from the PMC for constructing the building. Vohra had just revised the building plans, he added.

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