Panaji, Oct 3, 2025

The Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) Panaji Zonal Office has arrested Shivshankar Mayekar under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a massive land scam case involving prime properties in Goa, an official statement said on Friday.

Mayekar was taken into custody on October 1 and produced before the Special Court (PMLA) in Mapusa on October 2. The court granted the ED nine days’ custody till October 10.

The ED probe stems from an FIR lodged by the Goa Police against Yeshwant Sawant and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code on allegations of fraud committed against the Communidade of Anjuna, where the accused purportedly used forged documents to mutate prime land located at Survey No. 496/1-A, Anjuna, in

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