Ahmedabad Builder Owner Sentenced to Four Years in Jail
AHMEDABAD: A JMFC court in Sanand sentenced Raman Patel, owner of Popular Builders, to four years in prison for a fraudulent land transaction in Chekhla village near Ahmedabad dating back to 1996. Patel was convicted of forgery and criminal conspiracy. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.40 lakh, directing that Rs 1 lakh be paid to the descendants of the landowner deceived by Patel and eight accomplices, including his brother Dashrath Patel, according to district government pleader Pravin Trivedi. Both Raman and Dashrath were witnesses for the CBI in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. In August 2020,…