The North Goa Special PMLA Court has ordered the framing of charges against Rohan Harmalkar, Estevan Elvis D’Souza, Mohammad Suhail, and Samir Kalidas Satardekar under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The case against co-accused Alcantro D’Souza has abated following his death. The remaining accused—Rohan Harmalkar, Estevan Elvis D’Souza, Mohammad Suhail, and Samir Kalidas Satardekar—were ordered to face trial.

Searches at Harmalkar’s residential and business premises on April 24, 2025, and June 2, 2025, led to his arrest on June 3, 2025.
According to the Goa Enforcement Directorate, the total proceeds of crime generated through the fraudulent land‑grabbing operations have been quantified at ₹220,97,83,608. Immovable assets worth ₹212,84,84,308 were provisionally attached under a Provisional Attachment Order. Valuations were carried out by structural chartered engineers, surveyors, and Income Tax Department valuers based on prevailing market rates.

The ED’s investigation revealed an orchestrated modus operandi targeting high‑value, vulnerable properties whose rightful owners had either died, relocated abroad, or left the lands unattended. The accused allegedly grabbed prime parcels of land across Anjuna, Revora, Parra, Nadora, Camorlim, and Mapusa. The syndicate is said to have fabricated genealogical records, forged deeds of succession, fictitious historical wills, and counterfeit Portuguese‑era sale deeds. Official archival records in the Sub‑Registrar and Mamlatdar offices were compromised, with original registry pages torn out or missing.

Deceased accused Alcantro D’Souza and his family members were presented as the legitimate heirs. The syndicate initiated sham inventory proceedings before civil courts to obtain fraudulent court orders and to mutate land titles.

The ED further alleges that Mohammad Suhail exercised financial control over accounts of Estevan Elvis D’Souza by collecting signed blank cheques and debit cards, which were used to layer and route crores of rupees received from third‑party buyers. Samir Satardekar is accused of acting as the broker who identified target lands and facilitated forged documentation.
The defence had sought discharge, citing the High Court’s quashing of one related FIR against two other individuals and arguing that predicate offences had not culminated in convictions. Rejecting these contentions, the Special PMLA Court observed that, at the stage of framing charges, the court is not required to conduct a mini‑trial or a roving inquiry but only to determine whether a prima facie case exists. Predicate FIRs registered by Mapusa Police Station on the complaint of the former Sub‑Registrar remain active.

The court directed the four accused to answer the charges and proceed to trial.