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Arusha. A tour operator based here had his office and home ransacked by police detectives during which a title deed was confiscated by a person alleged to have a land conflict with.
Mathew Mollel, the director of Rainbow Tours and Shuttle said the incident occcurred on August 22nd when he was forced to surrender the document to the authorities for the land he acquired in the 1990s.
The document is now at the regional CID offices awaiting further instructions and possible legal tussle between him and the Kasulu District Commissioner Dan Makanga who is claiming ownership of the plot.
The Arusha regional crimes officer Mr. Duwani Nyanda confirmed the incident and said he sent his boys to search for the document alleged to have been forged in favour of Mr. Mollel.
"This person (the tour operator) has a case to answer", he told The Citizen, adding that one of the allegations was forging the title deed and acquiring property through fraud.
He said the Kasulu DC was present during the inspection carried out by the police in the house of the suspect but hinted it was too early to say if the matter would be taken to court and when.
"There was nothing wrong why he (DC) was present during the inspections. He was there to verify the authenticity of the document of the disputed land", the regional crime boss explained.
Mr. Mollel said he was surprised why the detectives who raided his residence were taking orders from the DC, with the latter pinning them to trace the title deed in the safe.
According to him, the land conflict can be traced to 1997 when Mr. Makanga offered him a building plot in Arusha. "Our initial agreement was that I should surrender it once I get my own land".
However, he claimed that in 2007, he approached the municipal authorities for a title deed after fears that the disputed plot would be taken for road expansion in the suburb.
Mr. Makanga, on his part, denied that he ordered the police to break the safe of the tour operator at the latter's residence but said he was gratified that he had acquired the document.
"The document has been forged in his favour. The land does not belong to him but I allowed him a temporary lease out of sympathy", he said, noting that he was taking the matter to the court to claim his property back.
The tour operator denied the allegations but said he had already contacted his lawyer Mr. Duncan Oola over the matter. He had been ordered to report at the regional CID office on Wednesday.
Source:the citizen
Mathew Mollel, the director of Rainbow Tours and Shuttle said the incident occcurred on August 22nd when he was forced to surrender the document to the authorities for the land he acquired in the 1990s.
The document is now at the regional CID offices awaiting further instructions and possible legal tussle between him and the Kasulu District Commissioner Dan Makanga who is claiming ownership of the plot.
The Arusha regional crimes officer Mr. Duwani Nyanda confirmed the incident and said he sent his boys to search for the document alleged to have been forged in favour of Mr. Mollel.
"This person (the tour operator) has a case to answer", he told The Citizen, adding that one of the allegations was forging the title deed and acquiring property through fraud.
He said the Kasulu DC was present during the inspection carried out by the police in the house of the suspect but hinted it was too early to say if the matter would be taken to court and when.
"There was nothing wrong why he (DC) was present during the inspections. He was there to verify the authenticity of the document of the disputed land", the regional crime boss explained.
Mr. Mollel said he was surprised why the detectives who raided his residence were taking orders from the DC, with the latter pinning them to trace the title deed in the safe.
According to him, the land conflict can be traced to 1997 when Mr. Makanga offered him a building plot in Arusha. "Our initial agreement was that I should surrender it once I get my own land".
However, he claimed that in 2007, he approached the municipal authorities for a title deed after fears that the disputed plot would be taken for road expansion in the suburb.
Mr. Makanga, on his part, denied that he ordered the police to break the safe of the tour operator at the latter's residence but said he was gratified that he had acquired the document.
"The document has been forged in his favour. The land does not belong to him but I allowed him a temporary lease out of sympathy", he said, noting that he was taking the matter to the court to claim his property back.
The tour operator denied the allegations but said he had already contacted his lawyer Mr. Duncan Oola over the matter. He had been ordered to report at the regional CID office on Wednesday.
Source:the citizen