Rajkot: A husband-wife duo was booked under Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2020 for allegedly encroaching upon a bungalow owned by a non-resident Indian (NRI) on Sadhu Vasvani Road in Rajkot.
According to University Police Station officials, Dhimant Kothari (62), a resident of Shree Ram Park on Kalawad road, lodged a complaint against Shobhna Gohel and her husband Manish Gohel under various sections of the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2020.
Kothari accused the couple of illegally occupying the bungalow owned by Neena Shah, who now lives in London, UK.
Kothari is husband of Shah’s sister.
The complaint stated that Shah had rented her bungalow Shobhna in 2014 for a few months.
Shobhna was a teacher with a reputed school in the city then.
Everything was fine for the first few months and Shobhna kept paying rent regularly.
After few months, Shobhna stopped paying rent and even refused to vacate the bungalow, Kothari alleged in the complaint.
In 2017, when Shah came to Rajkot she asked Shobhna to vacate the house but the latter refused and even threatened her.
Shah gave an application stating that Kothari was illegally staying in her house, but nothing happened.
Now, with a new law in force, Shah asked Kothari to lodge a complaint to get back her property located in Gulmohar society on Sadhu Vasvani road.
Kothari recently approached the collector’s office and a committee after evaluating the complaint gave nod for registering a criminal case against Shobhna and her husband.