The ED has attached a property worth about 212.85 crore in Goa, taking action in a large case of land grab and forgery. These lands are spread in many prime locations of Goa like Anjuna, Revora, Nadora, Kamurlim, Para and Mapsa City.
The investigating agency took this action on Monday (28 July 2025). The whole matter is related to an organized criminal syndicate, which was led by a person named Rohan Harmalkar. ED investigation has revealed that many people, including Rohan Harmalkar and his partner Alkanto D’Souza, together grabbed millions of lands through old records, fake will, fake cell deeds and fake claims of land.
The owner of the land told himself through fake documents
According to the ED, these people described themselves as the owner of those lands, which were not really their. Then a profit of crores was earned by selling the same lands. The ED says that the money that was earned by selling the land, the accused rotated several times through the bank accounts of themselves and their relatives, which made them look like a clean money, which was considered a money laundering.
The property caught in the investigation so far is directly related to this scam and its value is stated to be 212.85 crores. The search for more properties is still going on. ED arrested Rohan Harmalkar, the main accused in this case, on 3 June 2025, who is currently in jail.
Agency will expose the entire syndicate
The ED says that this scam can be even bigger and the rest of the proceeds of crime i.e. wrongly earned property will also be tracked soon. The investigation is still going on and the ED is trying to expose the entire syndicate and whatever government land or private property of the people has been grabbed.
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