A scam has been unveiled involving a scheme named  ‘Silent Zone’ after allegedly making bogus property cards of crores worth of farmer’s land of Dumas and Vata in Surat. CID Crime has registered a crime against the partners of Samruddhi Corporation and the officers-employees of the City Survey Superintendent Office.

According to CID Crime sources, Azad Ramoliya, a 47-year-old resident of Laxmi Vilas Complex near Kotak Bank on Ghod Dod Road in Surat, owns Ignash Pvt Ltd in Hansot and is associated with agriculture.

Between October 28, 2016, and July 15, 2017, Azad purchased land in Dumas, including blocks 815, 801/2, 803, 804, 823, 787/2, and Vata’s block 61, from farmer Rasik of Magdalla, Surat.

The lands are currently registered in the names of Azad and his wife Jyotsna. Azad was shocked when he got to know that his land was for sale when a broker named Jignesh approached him with the property card for block 803 in March 2022.

Upon checking the revenue records online, he discovered fake property cards had been created for all his survey numbers in the names of various individuals.

Samruddhi Corporation allegedly created 135 fake property cards to propose a ‘Silent Zone’ plotting scheme in crores worth of land in Dumas. 

Investigations revealed that the necessary procedures were not followed, and the property cards were made by officials in the city survey superintendent’s office.

Moreover, the Silent Zone scheme was not registered with any municipal authority. Funds from the sale of these plots were deposited into the company’s bank account, despite the corporation not being officially registered.

Land scam of multiple lands

Even land classified as ‘New Tenure’ requiring a government premium was fraudulently processed. Investigations showed that Samruddhi Corporation’s partners fabricated orders from various government offices to create the property cards.

No such project existed in Surat Municipal Corporation’s records. Based on these findings, CID Crime registered a case against former City Survey Superintendent Kanalal Gamit, Anant Patel, a data entry operator and employees of Samruddhi Corporation, along with its partners.

Eight individuals named in the complaint

CID Crime registered a case against former City Survey Superintendent Kanalal Gamit, Anant Patel, and Hiteshkumar Desai employees of Samruddhi Corporation, Samruddhi Corporation, along with its partners including Naresh Shah, his wife Meena, Manhar Kakadiya, Loknath Gambhir, and Jayprakash Aswani.

However, after a six-month investigation, a case was registered, and some partner names were missing from the report.

CID Crime uncovered that Samruddhi Corporation had also created 351 fake property cards for lands belonging to other farmers in Dumas, Vata, and Gaviyar villages. The fraudulent scheme extended beyond Azad’s land.

Azad filed complaints with the Surat Police Commissioner in March 2023 and Eco Cell in July 2023, seeking criminal proceedings. However, no action was taken. On August 2, 2023, the Eco Cell dismissed his complaint. Ironically, on the same day, based on Samruddhi Corporation’s elderly partner Rasik Patel’s complaint, a case was filed against Azad and his family, alleging they forged documents for lands in Dumas, Gaviyar, and Vata villages.

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