ED Attaches Rs. 60 Cr Properties in Goa Land Scam, Dsouza’s Grandmother Named

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Panaji Zonal Office, has provisionally attached
immovable properties worth Rs. 60.05 Crore in connection with its ongoing investigation
against Estevan Dsouza and others, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The properties are held in the name of Smt. Rosa Maria
Dsouza, grandmother of Estevan Dsouza. This attachment is in addition to an earlier
Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) dated 08.11.2023, vide which properties worth Rs.
11.82 Crore were attached which was confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority on
08.04.2024.
The assets attached now comprise land parcels in Village Pilerne, Bardez, Goa,
which were found to have been unlawfully acquired using forged sale deeds and fabricated
affidavit-cum-No Objection Certificates (NOCs).
ED initiated its probe on the basis of multiple FIRs registered by the Goa Police
against Estevan Dsouza and others, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code,
1860, for offences including cheating and forgery involving illegal transfer of property
ownership using fake documentation.
ED investigation revealed that Estevan Dsouza played a key role in the alleged land
scam, in collusion with Md. Suhail and others. They are alleged to have orchestrated a
systematic scheme involving the forgery and manipulation of land-related documents,
including sale deeds, to fraudulently acquire multiple high-value properties. These
documents were then misrepresented as genuine to lend a façade of legitimacy to the
illegal transactions.

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