Builder Arrested in Thane for Selling Flats with Fake Permits
THANE: Authorities have detained the director of a real estate firm for allegedly scamming buyers out of several crores by selling apartments built with fake permits in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials reported on Monday. Umrao Singh Prithviraj Ostwal, the director of Ostwal Builders Pvt Ltd, is charged with creating counterfeit construction permits and plans, which he presented as authentic documents, according to a release from the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police. Using these falsified approvals, he is said to have constructed extra units beyond the authorized limits in the Ostwal Paradise Building No. 6 in the Mira Bhayander area, selling them…