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.

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 name and signature appeared on the power of attorney submitted by the accused.