Goa, Aug. 2 -- In a significant breakthrough in an alleged Rs.100-crore land grab scam, Mapusa Police have arrested two individuals - Devidas and Vaman - for allegedly forging documents, including a fabricated will, to unlawfully acquire nearly 2.8 lakh square metres of ancestral property in Corjuem, Aldona.

The arrests were made after the district court earlier this week rejected their anticipatory bail pleas. Police sources revealed that the duo is part of a six-member group accused of criminal conspiracy, impersonation, and forgery. The group allegedly orchestrated a fraudulent scheme to usurp land spread across several prime survey numbers in the area.

Investigators said the accused forged the will of a deceased property owner to fa...