Amusement Park Owner And Daughter Held For Land Fraud

Chennai: Police on Thursday arrested an amusement park owner and his daughter on charges of forging documents to take possession of a plot of land worth Rs.13 crore in Kolapakkam near Porur. Based on a complaint from Velachery resident Raj Kumar, Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths nabbed E V Perumalsamy, founder chairman of EVP Amusement Park near Poonamallee, and his daughter Leela Devi. They were booked on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust. A court later remanded them in judicial custody and they were lodged in Puzhal central prison. Raj Kumar alleged that his mother Lakshmi Ammal, who died in 2006, had in 2004 entered into a sale agreement with Perumalsamy for 2.3 acres of land in Kolapakkam. The agreement mentioned that the registration would take place only after Perumalsamy settled the said amount within 18 months. Since he failed to do so, the agreement was cancelled, Raj Kumar said. In the meantime, Perumalsamy forged some documents and prepared a fake power of attorney in the name of his daughter Leela Devi and later got it transferred in his name, the com-plaint stated. CCB sleuths said Leela Devi was already involved in a case of land grab. In 2003, she allegedly took possession of 17 acres of land worth no crore in Poonamallee after cheating the owner, a woman named Prema, by preparing a fake power of attorney document. In October 2012, a cabin crew member of a private airline died in an accident while enjoying a joyride at the amusement park.