India, March 28 -- A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the tampering of land records in coastal regulation zones (CRZ) and no development zones (NDZ) has arrested another city survey officer in connection with the scam on Thursday. The accused, Anil Shankar Dabhode, 42, who was in charge of the record room and maps at the city survey office in Goregaon, was arrested for allegedly facilitating the manipulation of land records to benefit builders and developers.

The fraud was first uncovered in 2016 when Vaibhav Thakur, a farmer from Malad, discovered that government records had been altered to classify Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and No Development Zone (NDZ) plots as developable land. The case gained momentum in 2024 when the Bo...