Uttarakhand / Dehradun: Son sold his mother’s ancestral land, deposited the money in his wife’s account; woman approached DM

Has the greed for property increased so much that even blood relations are proving to be dwarf in front of it. Somewhere the son is forcing his parents to wander from door to door by getting the gift deed of the house done, and somewhere the son and daughter-in-law are fraudulently usurping the ancestral property.

In the latest case, a son along with others cheated his illiterate widow mother and sold the land by putting his thumb impression on the documents. The mother realized this when the buyers of the land came to take possession. It was found out that the son had also deposited the amount of the land sold fraudulently in his wife’s account.

This story is of 75-year-old woman Sommi Devi of Tehsil Rishikesh. The elderly woman narrated her pain to District Magistrate Savin Bansal. She told that she has 0.3525 hectares of land in village Sandharwala of Tehsil Rishikesh. She is the owner of half of this property, while the other half is registered in the name of her son Dharmendra.

Son in collusion fraudulently sold mother’s share of ancestral land

In the revenue records, her name is jointly registered with son. The woman alleges that son in collusion with some persons told her that her share is being separated. So that no legal hurdles arise in future. Her thumb impressions were fraudulently taken on various papers and then she was taken to tehsil on the pretext of separating the part of the land. She came to know about the sale of land when a woman named Vijay Lakshmi came to take possession of the land.

75-year-old woman told her pain to District Magistrate

The woman told that she has not been given any money in lieu of the sale of the land. That amount has been deposited in the account of her son’s wife. The woman has demanded that the fraudulent sale deed be cancelled or status quo be maintained on the land till the settlement of the case.

On the complaint of the elderly woman, a report was summoned from Sub-District Magistrate Rishikesh. The sub-district magistrate’s report mentions the sale of the land. It is also coming to light that the sale amount has been deposited in the daughter-in-law’s account. A civil suit is also pending in the matter. It has been asked to maintain status quo on the land till the case is resolved.

-Savin Bansal, District Magistrate Dehradun