Rajkot: A 37-year-old man from Dhoraji town in Rajkot district was booked under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2020 for allegedly grabbing land belonging to the local civic body, a few weeks ago.
According to Dhoraji police, Dhoraji municipality's planning officer Shailesh Bhalgamiya lodged a complaint against Salim alias Babar Ismail Matva, a resident of Dhoraji for grabbing municipality's land on Sanghariya Road and illegally constructing five shops on the land. However, before he rented out or sold, it came to the knowledge of the local urban body which lodged the complaint.
“We have lodged a complaint against Matva. As many as 35 criminal cases including murder has been lodged against him till now. He escaped from the town after the latest case was lodged against him,” police said.