Ahmedabad builder alleges forged affidavits, misuse of dead man’s Aadhaar in major land scam, 8 named in FIR

A builder from Danilimda has lodged a detailed police complaint alleging that eight men forged affidavits, misused the photograph and Aadhaar card of a man who died last year, and submitted fabricated documents to the Ahmedabad Collectorate to secure a revised non-agricultural (NA) permission for a disputed plot in Vatva.

The FIR, registered at Vatva Police Station, centres on a long-running land dispute concerning Survey No. 750(B) and an adjoining 30-ft road area measuring, which complainant Ghulam Hussain Mohammad Sid Qureshi (50) claims forms part of his legally purchased property. According to him, the alleged fraud was carried out even as multiple civil suits over the land remain pending in various courts.

 A property trail stretching five decades

The dispute traces its origins to the early 1970s. Survey No. 750(B) was originally owned by the heirs of Syed Qutubuddin Abanmia, who sold it in 1972 to SLM Maneklal Industries. The sale deed explicitly recorded that a 30-ft-wide walking passage along the western side would remain open for movement and was legally linked to Survey No. 748.

Maneklal Industries sold the land to Telraj Realty Pvt Ltd in 2007. In 2019, Telraj sold it to another buyer for ₹4.7 crore. According to the FIR, none of these transactions deducted the walking-road area on the western side — a strip which Qureshi claims is tied to his adjoining land and was marked in earlier government records.

Qureshi says he discovered this discrepancy only in 2022 and subsequently filed a civil suit, which remains pending.

In 2010, he purchased the walking-road area from its original owner, Yakubbhai Bhikhabhai. He claims the strip was essential for access to his construction site. Later, he entered into an agreement to buy the portion outright for ₹11 lakh and paid ₹5 lakh as advance. However, the land was allegedly sold to another individual on May 31, 2022, prompting yet another civil suit. A permanent injunction against any transfer was issued by the civil court in December 2022.

‘Forged papers submitted for NA approval despite court cases’

Qureshi alleges that while these civil cases were ongoing, partners of a firm named SEZ Orchid Infrastructure filed an online application on March 10, 2025 with the Ahmedabad Collector’s office seeking Revised NA permission for Survey No. 750(B).

He claims the applicants projected the entire plot , including the disputed western strip, as their own and failed to disclose the ongoing legal disputes. More gravely, the FIR alleges the applicants used documents of a man who had died months earlier.

Use of deceased partner’s Aadhaar, signatures at  centre of FIR

One of the partners named in the NA application, Ashad Ali Abid Ali Momin, died on October 3, 2024 — five months before the application was filed.

Despite this, Qureshi alleges the following were submitted in his name:

 A forged notarised affidavit

 His photograph

 His Aadhaar card

 His digital signatures in Annexures 1 and 2

The FIR states that these fabricated documents were uploaded at three separate points in the online NA application. The eight partners allegedly “hid the truth, provided false information, and used forged documents as genuine” to obtain NA approval.

 Collector first approves NA order, then revises it

The Ahmedabad Collector approved the Revised NA proposal on August 25, 2025.

After Qureshi filed a formal objection on September 4, the Collector re-examined the file and issued a revised order on September 9, 2025.

Eight accused named in FIR

The complainant has named the following individuals for allegedly forging documents and conspiring to secure NA approval:

1. Sabbir Ahmed Mohammad Yasin Sheikh

2. Samir Ahmed Sabbir Ahmed Sheikh

3. Tosif Alam Tanim Alam Tirmizi

4. Tajammul Alam Tanim Alam Tirmizi

5. Mohammad Fezan Mohammad Yaqub Munshi

6. Mohammad Issar Mohammad Yaqub Munshi

7. Amik Mehbubhai Pori

8. Mohammad Hanif Abdulkader Memon

Qureshi alleges all eight acted jointly to “fraudulently obtain the NA approval through forged documents, impersonation, and suppression of facts”. 

Vatva police have registered the FIR under sections related to cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. Further investigation is under way.

Councillor’s sons among accused

According to local police sources, two of the accused — Tosif Alam and Tajammul Alam — are sons of Behrampura Councillor Taslim Alam. Police said the disputed land, estimated to be worth around ₹62 lakh, was allegedly transferred using forged documents. The FIR names eight individuals in total, and Vatva police have begun an in-depth investigation into the alleged fraudulent land transfer.