The Avadi Central Crime Branch has arrested five persons in connection with three separate land and property fraud cases involving forged documents, impersonation, and suppression of legal heirs. The arrests followed complaints from victims alleging that properties running into lakhs of rupees were illegally sold using fake certificates and fabricated revenue records.
The police said a complainant, P. Suseela, 71 of Kolathur, stated that her late husband, a railway employee, had purchased a 2,100 sq. ft. plot at Velan Nagar in Sevvapet, Tiruvallur district. The couple had four sons and two daughters. After her husband’s death in 1999, the property remained with the family. Investigations revealed that her son, Alphonsraj, allegedly obtained a forged death certificate showing that his mother Suseela had died in April 2019, even though she was alive. He is also accused of suppressing the existence of other legal heirs and securing a fake legal heir certificate declaring himself the sole heir. Using these documents, he allegedly sold the property worth around ₹34 lakh without the family’s knowledge. Based on her complaint, a case was registered. Alphonsraj was arrested on January 30 and remanded to judicial custody.
