Govt. land records found in private farmhouse, probe ordered into ‘land scam’
Karnataka Lokayukta officials raided a private farmhouse and seized hundreds of original government land records, uncovering a major land scam. The investigation suggests a nexus between revenue officials and private individuals to forge documents for illegal land grants.
Recent raids by the Karnataka Lokayukta found a huge cache of government land revenue records pertaining to Kolar district at a private person’s farmhouse, leading to a suo motu case being taken up. Probing allegations of fake documents being created to falsely establish grants over government land, involving a senior survey supervisor, the Lokayukta raided several premises, including the farmhouse of a friend of the prime accused in Hoskote, where government documents were found.
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