Man booked for using dead man’s name to claim Rs 50 cr Juhu property

Forgery comes to light after officials find accused used documents of owner who had died nearly two years earlier

The Chembur police have booked a Vasai resident for allegedly reviving a dead man on paper to fraudulently transfer ownership of property, including a bungalow, worth Rs 50 crore in Juhu.

The accused, Vyadhar S Rao, 47, allegedly forged documents to show that Dorab Fardunji Sarkari, the original property owner, was alive and had authorised him to execute a property transfer. Read More

According to the FIR filed by Sub-Registrar Ishwar Devshi, the case came to light after irregularities were found in a sale deed registered in June 2025 at the Chembur sub-registrar’s office. Officials discovered that Sarkari had died nearly two years earlier, on October 14, 2023, but his