New Delhi: A resident of Vadodara was booked under the Disturbed Areas Act for concealing his religion while selling his property to a person from a different faith.The Disturbed Areas Act, formally known as the Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas, prohibits any sale of property in an area covered under the Act to a person from a different faith without the permission of the district collector.Also read: Disturbed Areas Act in Gujarat: A Tool to Discriminate Against MuslimsAccording to the FIR, the accused Feroze Contractor, a Parsi, allegedly hid his religion and forged documents to sell his plot in one Samarpan Society in Vasna Road, Vadodara to one Feroze Patel, his mother Hanifa, and brother Sabir Patel.Interestingly, the complaint was registered by the president of the Society, Manish Malhotra, who seems to have objected to the sale of property in the society to a Muslim family.“Malhotra has alleged that Contractor was a Parsi which he did not reveal while applying for permission from the district administration to sell the plot to Patel. Malhotra told police that by concealing his religious identity, Contractor tried to create an impression that he and Patel follow the same religion,” a Times of India report said.