NCP Candidate arrested in Goa in landgrabbing case

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Panaji: Goa Police has arrested Steven D’Souza, the NCP candidate from St Andre constituency for 2022 Goa Assembly poll in connection with the land grab scam.

Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to investigate into the land grabbing cases arrested D’Souza on Friday.

“An offence has been registered in connection with Land Grab at the SIT in which D’Souza has been arrested,” police said in a press note released here.

The accused is an accomplice of Mohammad Suhail, a mastermind in the land grabbing case, who was arrested earlier this month by the SIT, the press note adds.

D’Souza was involved with Suhail in preparing fake documents of properties and some of the properties which were illegally grabbed are transferred in his name and the name of his grandmother, police said.

The accused had contested 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election from St Andre constituency on NCP ticket and had lost the poll.

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