72-Year-Old Woman Arrested by Mumbai Police EOW in ₹100-Crore South Mumbai Property Fraud

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has arrested 72-year-old Amina Usman Dada in connection with the alleged illegal sale of a prime property in South Mumbai valued at approximately ₹100 crore.

The arrest followed a non-bailable warrant issued by a magistrate court after Dada repeatedly failed to appear before it despite being served 21 summonses. An EOW team took her into custody from her residence on Friday and produced her before the court, which remanded her to judicial custody.

According to police investigators, Dada is one of five accused in the case. She allegedly conspired with her brothers to sell a large, jointly owned property in South Mumbai to developers without the knowledge or consent of her cousins, who were also legitimate stakeholders in the estate.

Investigators suspect the accused misused a Power of Attorney to facilitate the fraudulent land deal. In exchange for her involvement in the transaction, Dada allegedly received around ₹3.50 crore in cash along with two flats.

During court proceedings, the EOW stated that Dada had been instructed to appear regularly through 21 formal summonses but only attended court once or twice. Following the court's directives on her non-appearance, police executed the non-bailable warrant.

Dada faces allegations of cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust, and criminal conspiracy under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. The EOW is continuing its probe into the other four accused individuals and is examining the broader financial transactions connected to the ₹100-crore property sale.