Mumbai man’s Goa property sold through forged power of attorney

Margao: A Mumbai-based man has filed a complaint with Fatorda police alleging that 11 co-occupants of a shared property forged his and his wife’s signatures on a power of attorney and illegally sold the property.

The complainant, Josico Miguel Brito, a resident of Borivili (West), Mumbai, alleged that the fraud took place on Nov 22, 2024, at the office of the civil registrar-cum-sub-registrar in Margao.

According to the FIR, the accused — Constantino Candido Anthony Britto, Lousia Britto, Piedade Pires, Clarissa Cynthia Fernandes, Anthony Pascoaline Bertram D’Mello, Darlene Fernandes, Nicholas Benjamin Crasto, Panzy Fernandes, Rosa Maria Brito, Jennifer Agnes Britto and Kenny Fernandes — are co-occupants of the disputed property.

Police said the accused allegedly forged the signatures of the complainant and his wife on a power of attorney dated Oct 15, 2024, and submitted it at the sub-registrar’s office in Margao to execute a sale deed in the favour of another person.

The complainant alleged that the property was sold without his knowledge or consent.

Fatorda police registered a case under Sections 318(2) (cheating), 338 (forgery), 336(3) (using forged document as genuine), 340(2) (fraudulent cancellation or destruction of document), and 61(2) read with 3(5) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.