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Udupi : Ex-serviceman Mr. Lawrence D’Souja has brought a complaint before the Human Rights Protection Foundation, Udupi that one woman viz., Mrs Roshni Umakanth Poojary, aged about 28 years has tricked 84 years old grandmother Mrs. Celestial Andrade, resident of Santur village, Mangaluru Taluk and also her father Mr. Ronald D’Souja and enriched herself with the agricultural property of Two Acres and Five Cents worth several Lakh.

Who is Mrs. Celestial Andrade?

Mrs. Celestial Andrade aged about 84 years old is a widow, whose husband Mr. Gregory D’Souja died about a few years back. She lives at Santur village, Mangaluru Taluk.

Property of Mrs. Celestial Andrade

Mrs. Celestial Andrade had purchased immovable property of Two Acres and Five cents, in the Santur village in her name out of her own earnings in the year 1967.  With the help of her husband Mr. Gregory D’Souja, she developed the property well dug a deep open well and got constructed a dwelling house in the same land. She got four children after her marriage with Mr. Gregory D’Souja and all her four children grown up well and were living separately.  Her husband Mr. Gregory D’Souja died a few years back. Not able to live independently she called her eldest son Mr. Donald D’Souja to come back from Mumbai and to stay with her along with his family.

Who is Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary?

Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary is the daughter of Mr. Donald D’Souja and has married one Mr. Umakanth Poojari about ten years back.  While Mr. Umakanth Poojari has gone to Dubai to work and earn money there   Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary stayed back in her matrimonial home.   Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary used to visit the house of Mrs. Celestial Andrade frequently and had developed close acquaintance with her.  Mrs. Celestial Andrade was also very affectionate to her as she was the daughter of her eldest son and also because Roshni Umakanth Poojary was showing lot of concern with her.

WILL by Mrs. Celestial Andrade

In the year 2018 Mrs Celestial Andrade made her WILL on 09.11.2018 and distributed her self-earned immovable agricultural property of Two Acres and Five Cents along with the house on it worth several Lakh amongst her four sons, who were also happy with it and got the WILL registered in the office of the Sub-Registrar, Mulki, Dakshina Kannada district. 

Who is Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary?

Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary is the daughter of Mr. Donald D’Souja and has married one Mr. Umakanth Poojari about ten years back.  While Mr. Umakanth Poojari has gone to Dubai to work and earn money there   Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary stayed back in her matrimonial home.   Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary used to visit the house of Mrs. Celestial Andrade frequently and had developed close acquaintance with her.  Mrs. Celestial Andrade was also very affectionate to her as she was the daughter of her eldest son and also because Roshni Umakanth Poojary was showing lot of concern with her.

WILL by Mrs. Celestial Andrade

In the year 2018 Mrs Celestial Andrade made her WILL on 09.11.2018 and distributed her self-earned immovable agricultural property of Two Acres and Five Cents along with the house on it worth several Lakh amongst her four sons, who were also happy with it and got the WILL registered in the office of the Sub-Registrar, Mulki, Dakshina Kannada district. 

Shocked and struck with Paralysis

About twenty days back the officials of village panchayat came to the house of Mrs Celestial Andrade for a survey made under an Agricultural Scheme initiated by the Government of Karnataka. During the enquiry under the said scheme Mrs Celestial Andrade came to know that her immovable property of Two Acres and Five Cents along with the house on it worth several Lakh are all currently stands in the name of Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary. As, more details were not given by the officials who had visited left in utter confusion Mrs Celestial Andrade was severely shocked and struck with Paralysis immediately. Presently she is undergoing treatment for the same.

Mrs Celestial Andrade and her four children together tried to solve this mystery and, in the process, could able to recollect certain incidents which resulted into the current developments.

How Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary cheated?

As Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary was in close touch with her grandmother Mrs Celestial Andrade she knew all the developments with regard to the disposal of property through WILL dated 09.11.2018. Knowing well that both her father Mr. Ronald D’Soujaand Mrs Celestial Andrade are illiterate, in the month of January 2019 took them to the office of the Sub-Registrar, Mulki and got certain documents signed by both viz., Mrs Celestial Andrade and Mr. Ronald D’Souja under the pretext that their signatures have been taken for enlisting their names in certain Government sponsored Agricultural loan scheme. As, Mrs Celestial Andrade and Mr. Ronald D’Souja had no reason to disbelieve her words they signed the documents wherever they were asked to do. After this, a few months later, Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary took this time Mr. Ronald D’Souja only and got him signed certain documents under the same earlier mentioned reason. Again, Mr. Ronald D’Souja signed the documents wherever he was asked to sign as he did not suspect his daughter.

What had happened? 

In the first instance, Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojarycaused theimmovable property of Two Acres and Five Cents along with the house on it worth several Lakh through GIFT deed signed and executed by Mrs Celestial Andrade in favour of Mr. Ronald D’Souja.

In the second instance, Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary caused theimmovable property of Two Acres and Five Cents along with the house on it worth several Lakh through GIFT deed signed and executed by Mr. Ronald D’Souja in favour of her.  Thus, the entire immovable property of Two Acres and Five Cents along with the house on it worth several Lakh belonged to Mrs Celestial Andrade got transferred into the name of Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary without the knowledge of both Mrs Celestial Andrade and Mr. Ronald D’Souja.

Human Rights Protection Foundation, Udupi

The complaint by Ex-serviceman Mr. Lawrence D’Souja has been properly studied and after ascertaining that Senior citizen Mrs Celestial Andrade aged about 84 years has been duped by Mrs. Roshni Umakanth Poojary exploring the ways to get her justice lawfully.  They are also exploring the possibilities of filing a case under “THE MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT, 2007” to get the justice for Mrs Celestial Andrade.