Ahmedabad Land Fraud: 10 Booked for Cheating Land Dealer of ₹4.70 Crore Using Fake Aadhaar Cards and Bogus Farmers

A land dealer from Ahmedabad was allegedly cheated of ₹4.70 crore by a group of 10 people who used fake Aadhaar cards, PAN cards and bank accounts to carry out fraudulent land deals. The accused allegedly created fake identities of landowners and presented other people as farmers to sell land in Ognaj village. A case has been registered against all 10 accused at Sola High Court Police Station, and police have started an investigation.

The complainant, Rashminbhai Mafatlal Patel, who lives in the Bhadaj area of Ahmedabad, works in buying and selling land. Around 10 months ago, two men, Dharamshibhai Prabhatsinh Rabari and Deepak Paramhans Tripathi, approached him with an offer to sell different plots of land in Ognaj village. Since Patel already knew them, he trusted their offer and agreed to the deals.

Fake Documents and Identities Used in the Scam

According to the police complaint, the accused introduced fake people to Patel as the original owners of the land. They allegedly created fake Aadhaar and PAN cards using the names of the actual landowners, including Baldevbhai Patel, Kantaben, Minalben and Hitendrakumar. Using these documents, they also opened fake bank accounts at Bandhan Bank to receive money from the land deals.

The accused allegedly used these fake identities to prepare property documents and convince Patel that the transactions were genuine. Two registered sale deeds were made on April 30 and May 6, 2026, while a notarised agreement was prepared on January 19, 2026. The accused collected a total of ₹4.70 crore from Patel through bank transfers and cash payments. Some other accused also allegedly signed the documents as fake witnesses.

Fraud Came to Light During Land Ownership Transfer

The alleged fraud came to light when Patel applied to transfer the purchased land into his name in government records. As part of the process, notices were sent to the original landowners. After receiving the notices, the real owners contacted Patel and showed him their genuine government land records. They told him that they had never sold their land to anyone and that their identity documents had been misused to prepare fake property papers.

After learning the truth, Patel realised that he had been cheated in the land deals. He then approached the Sub-Registrar's office and applied to cancel the sale documents and agreements prepared using the fake identities.

Following this, Patel filed a police complaint against Dharamshibhai Rabari, Deepak Tripathi and eight other people allegedly involved in the fraud. The total number of accused named in the complaint is 10. Police have registered a case at Sola High Court Police Station for cheating and using forged documents as genuine. Further investigation is underway.