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Mumbai EOW Registers ₹60.30 Crore Land Acquisition Compensation Fraud Case Against Former Officer & 2 Others

14 May 2026

Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has registered a case over an alleged ₹60.30 crore land acquisition compensation fraud in Borivali, officials said. Former officer Umesh Birari, Suresh Jhanamote and others are accused of forging documents and manipulating records to divert funds after a 2020 award, allegedly cheating the State and landowners, police stated further.
Mumbai EOW Registers ₹60.30 Crore Land Acquisition Compensation Fraud Case Against Former Officer & 2 Others

Mumbai Land Acquisition Compensation Fraud: ₹60.30 Crore Scam Unfolds

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has registered a case against a former land acquisition officer and two others in connection with an alleged land acquisition compensation fraud of over ₹60.30 crore.

Case Details

  • The case was originally registered at Kherwadi Police Station and has now been re-registered by the EOW under sections 409, 420, 465, 468, 471 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
  • The sections also include 84, 85 and 87 of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

Complainant and Accused

  • The complainant in the case is Prashant Subhash Dhage (50), Sub-Divisional Officer, Western Suburbs, Bandra, Mumbai.
  • The accused named in the case are:
    • Suresh Devendra Dyanmothe alias Jhanamote (70)
    • Umesh Ravindra Birari (46)
    • Other unidentified persons

Investigation

According to the FIR, the offence pertains to land bearing Survey Nos. 456, 458 and 458 (1 to 10) situated at Village Borivali, Taluka Borivali, originally owned by Devrukhkar and his legal heirs.

Police alleged that during the land acquisition process, the then Sub-Divisional and Land Acquisition Officer Umesh Birari, allegedly in collusion with Suresh Jhanamote and other unknown persons, used forged powers of attorney and fabricated documents to illegally insert Jhanamote’s name into official government records.

Investigators said that following a land acquisition award pronounced on January 20, 2020, compensation amounting to ₹60,30,75,052 was allegedly wrongfully disbursed to Jhanamote.

The EOW has alleged that the accused fraudulently misappropriated public funds and cheated both the State Government and the original landowners through deliberate falsification of official records.

Further investigation in the case is underway.