Hyderabad: Central Crime Station officials of Hyderabad police are now probing the role of officials of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration regarding orders allotting Rs 8,000 crore worth of evacuee land in Puppalguda after they found that the orders were obtained using a forged general power of attorney of a dead individual.
The CCS will soon be questioning officials, including IAS officers who were at the helm of the affairs in CCLA and Revenue department at the time when the orders were passed.
On November 11, a CCS team led by assistant commissioner of police Mohd Tajuddin Ahmed had arrested the key accused in the land scam, identified as C.R. Laxminarayana, an advocate and the general power of attorney holder of the evacuee land. He is a resident of Alwal and practises in the Medchal court.
CCS DCP Avinash Mohanty said, “Our investigators visited Pune and probed the family members of K. Bhagwandas Makhija, son of Late Hemandass Makhija. Interestingly it was found that Bhagwandas Makhija too died in 1995. We could prove it with a death certificate obtained from a local body. However, Laxminarayana obtained the GPA in 1996. This shows that he had used a forged GPA to get an order from CCLA.” When asked about questioning officials in the case, he said, “Investigation is yet to be completed.”
Mr Tajuddin added, “We are questioning Laxminarayana to know the role of other persons in the scam of 50 acres of land with the forged GPA. One more GPA of 150 acre of land was obtained in 1998 from the legal heirs of Parasuram Ramchand Malani.
What is it
1. During Partition, some people displaced from Pakistan were given lands in India as compensation.
2. Records say 20 families migrated to Telangana from West Pak against the hundreds of families that left for Pakistan, leaving behind vast tracts of land which is called evacuee property.
3. Official records show about 2,500 acres in Ranga Reddy district alone is evacuee property.
