Maharashtra: 81-year-old approaches PM Modi over Mira-Bhayandar land dispute

An 81yearold man from MiraBhayandar has approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking intervention in a decadesold dispute over a 2810squaremetre plot of land alleging that forged documents were used to claim the propertyAsgarali Vohra who claims to have been fighting for his land rights for nearly 40 years recently met the Prime Minister and submitted a letter seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation CBI inquiry into the matterThe allegations were made in a press note issued on September 10 which also raised questions over the functioning of the MiraBhayandar Municipal Corporationrsquos town planning department and the revenue administrationLand allegedly divided without ownerrsquos consentAccording to Vohra he purchased the land at Navghar Road in Bhayandar East in 1989 through a registered agreement The property falls under old Survey No 240 now Survey No 185 Hissa No 6Vohra has claimed that he never sold or transferred the approximately 2810squaremetre property to anyoneHe alleged that around 2011 forged documents relating to the land were prepared in alleged collusion with Swayam Builders An FIR was registered in 2015 but Vohra claimed that the CID report was received only in 2026 nearly 11 years laterHe has questioned the delay and alleged that ldquoinvisible forcesrdquo within the civic and revenue departments may have influenced the processAllegations against buildersThe complainant further alleged that the property was divided into two portions without his knowledge with one portion allegedly shown as being occupied by Swayam Builders and the other by Seven Eleven ConstructionsThe press note also alleges that a countercase was registered against Vohra in 2025 without giving him prior notice or an opportunity to present his sideThe allegations involve Seven Eleven Constructions associated in the press note with BJP leader and MLA Narendra Mehta and Swayam Builders The claims have not been independently verifiedSeeks CBI probeVohra has alleged that he was forced to repeatedly visit revenue offices the municipal corporation and police stations while pursuing his claimHe has now sought the Prime Ministerrsquos intervention and demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged forgery land transactions and the role of officials and private entitiesThe press note has also questioned whether the MiraBhayandar civic and revenue authorities are functioning under political pressure and why action was allegedly not taken against those accused of preparing forged documentsWhether the Centre will order a CBI inquiry into the allegations remains to be seen