The Vasai police have arrested one of three accused, who first tried to scare a land purchaser, Lisbon Colaco, into returning the property by filing a false civil suit in court, and later criminally intimidated him and his family members. The arrest comes on the direction of the Vasai district court which was approached by the complainant, Colaco, a builder, when there was no development in the investigation of the case due to the lockdown, and he learnt the accused were trying to secure anticipatory bail.

Colaco purchased 3.75 acres land for Rs 3 crore in Vasai from Joseph Miranda in 2011. But he claimed Miranda's grandsons — Avian and Archie Julius Silveria — along with a local goon, Sabrealam Shehzad Khan, are trying to scare his family into returning the property to them.