India, Aug. 2 -- A five-month manhunt in Navi Mumbai led to the arrest of five people accused of impersonating dead owners. As per the police, the five accused, led by mastermind Suraj Vasudev Shinde, faked their identities to carry out a land fraud of Rs.2.29 crores.

As reported by HT earlier, the accused allegedly targeted a plot in Karanjade belonging to brothers Nathan Eliyahu Chincholkar and Shalom (Selim) Eliyahu Chincholkar, who had migrated to Israel and later died in the country.

As per police, Shinde got his father and brother-in-law to impersonate the dead brothers by using fake identity documents.

Using these fake documents, Shinde and his accomplices managed to execute the sale of the plot for Rs.2.29 crores.

Police added...