The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches on the residential premises of Agnelo C. Lobo, former Attorney of Comunidade of Serula, his brother Reginaldo Lobo, former official of Communidade of Serula, Joseph D’Sa, former clerk of Communidade of Serula, and Rajesh Suhas Verenkar, under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, who have been involved in illegal allotment of plots as well as illegal acquisition of land belonging to Comunidade of Serula.
Investigation was initiated by ED on the basis of FIRs registered by Crime Branch, Goa Police. As per the said FIRs, the members of Managing Committee of Comunidade of Serula were involved in illegal allotment of plots by fraudulently citing and using duplicate file numbers pertaining to files of Offices of various Administrators of Comunidades and Gazette Notifications of Government of Goa, thereby cheating the Comunidade of Serula and other authorities.
During the course of search, the above-mentioned persons were found to be in possession of various incriminating documents and records relating to the illegal allotment/acquisition of plots/land belonging to the Comunidade of Serula and the same were seized.
The incriminating documents include old blank Indian stamp papers of 1960s, old blank papers having Portuguese stamps used for making forged Aforamento documents and Deeds of Sale used for the illegal acquisition of land belonging to Comunidade of Serula.
The documents seized from the said residential premises old registers belonging to the office of Administrator of Comunidades, Bardez, Government of Goa using which fraudulent documents were being created for the purpose of illegal allotment of plots.
ED is conducting co-ordinated investigation with the LEA, Crime Branch, Goa Police.
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