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P’GARH LAND FRAUD KINGPIN SOON: SP
Monday, 24 February 2014 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
Samajwadi Party Balangir district president Arun Mishra on
Saturday demanded that the main accused in the Patnagarh fraudulent land
transfer case occurred in 2006 by some Agra and New Delhi based companies,
including the Taj Gases, be arrested soon.
Around 10 private companies had taken around 600 acres of land
on three-year lease from farmers belonging to various villages under the block,
promising a good amount of rent to them. Some middlemen and teshil officials
helped the companies grab these lands fraudulently from the farmers.
On the basis of a report published in The Pioneer in 2007-08,
the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Division) ordered for an inquiry.
Being confirmed that the company officials, teshil official and middleman were
involved in the scam, the RDC also recommended strong action against the
accused. Even though a few people were arrested in this connection, key accused
Mahesh Tyagi of Taj Gases has not yet been arrested.
In a recent development, a company with the help of some dalals
reportedly felled some eucalyptus trees from a piece of land owned by one
Somenath Sahu of Gunghutipali village and took away the logs on February 18
last.
“The private companies, which fraudulently took away several
acres of land from farmers, are now cutting trees from those land patches. The
land should be returned to the farmers and steps be taken to arrest the main
accused in the case,” demanded Mishra.
He further said the party
activists would resort to agitation if the district administration does not
take appropriate action soon. Meanwhile, a complaint has been lodged in the
Patnagarh police station vis-à-vis the tree felling.
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