{"id":100651,"date":"2025-04-21T06:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T01:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/5-arrested-for-17-year-rental-scam-on-ahmedabad-waqf-properties\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T06:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T01:29:09","slug":"5-arrested-for-17-year-rental-scam-on-ahmedabad-waqf-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/5-arrested-for-17-year-rental-scam-on-ahmedabad-waqf-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;5 arrested for 17-year rental scam on Ahmedabad Waqf properties&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a major scam involving the illegal occupation of Waqf properties has been uncovered, leading to the arrest of five individuals. The accused were involved in a 17-year-long scheme to fraudulently occupy properties belonging to the Ahmedabad Waqf Committee. The scam came to light after an investigation by local authorities, who discovered that the accused had been illegally occupying the properties and collecting rent from tenants for nearly two decades. The Waqf properties, meant for the benefit of the Muslim community, were fraudulently taken over by the accused, causing substantial financial losses to the committee. The arrests were made following a complaint filed by the committee, prompting swift action by law enforcement agencies. The accused individuals are now facing charges of fraud, conspiracy, and illegal occupation of Waqf properties. The Ahmedabad Waqf Committee has vowed to take strict legal action against those involved in the scam and to ensure that justice is served. This incident highlights the importance of safeguarding Waqf properties and preventing such fraudulent activities from occurring in the future. Authorities are urging the public to report any suspicious activities related to Waqf properties to prevent similar scams from taking place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a major scam involving the illegal occupation of Waqf properties has been uncovered, leading to the arrest of five individuals. The accused were involved in a 17-year-long scheme to fraudulently occupy properties belonging to the Ahmedabad Waqf Committee. The scam came to light after an investigation by local authorities, who discovered that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":100652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-117516820imgsize-218493-46.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-117516820imgsize-218493-46-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-117516820imgsize-218493-46-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-117516820imgsize-218493-46-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-117516820imgsize-218493-46-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-117516820imgsize-218493-46.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-117516820imgsize-218493-46.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/just-in\/\" rel=\"category tag\">JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}