India, Sept. 12 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police has registered a second case in the matter of Patra Chawl, a 47-acre MHADA layout in Goregaon, which, in its quest for redevelopment, became embroiled in a land scam and political controversy. The agency said the case had been registered against Mehta Developers for forging the documents of eight tenants and transferring their tenements to eight other people, causing them a loss to the tune of Rs.12 crore.

"We have registered a case against Jeetu Mehta, the then administrator of Housing Development & Infrastructure Limited (HDIL), supervisor Sandeep Parab, and employee Abbas Fahim and others who helped forge the documents," said a senior EOW official. The police sai...