India, April 28 -- Four members of a family from Panvel have been booked for allegedly forging documents and siphoning off Rs.2.44 crore compensation meant for co-heirs in a land acquisition case linked to a power transmission project.

The police have identified the accused as Suday Jaywant Gharat, 61, Ranjit Gopinath Gharat, 62, Anil Sitaram Gharat, 77, and Anil Dwarakanath Gharat, 65, all residents of Dhanasar village in Panvel taluka.

According to the police, the complainant Deepika Dinesh Kantak, 51, a Nashik resident, alleged that the fraud relates to compensation awarded for land acquired by Mumbai Urja Marg Limited at Dhanasar village. The land is jointly owned by multiple heirs from the Gharat family. While there were 52 legitim...