One more person held, total arrests goes up to six
Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja (NR) Police have arrested one more person in connection with the case pertaining to registration of land worth crores of rupees in a ‘dead’ person’s name. With this the total arrests made by the Police in this case has gone up to six.
The arrested person is said to be the brother of a Corporator and is said to have helped five others, who have been arrested. The Police had earlier arrested Rammanahalli Village Assistant Siddaiah, Chinnaswamy, Susheelamma, Deed Writer Mellahalli Manchappa and another person.
It may be recalled that Right To Information (RTI) activist B.N. Nagendra had unearthed efforts by land sharks to usurp a piece of land worth crores of rupees by getting the property registered as a Gift Deed in the name of a dead person by taking another person to the Sub-Registrar’s Office in place of the dead person.
The reply to the RTI filed by B.N. Nagendra had revealed the efforts by land sharks to take over 4.04 acres of land in Survey No. 244 in Kesare, Kasaba hobli in Mysuru taluk. In this background, Nagendra had collected the documents and had filed objections with the Deputy Commissioner and Tahsildar. Besides, he had also lodged a complaint at NR Police Station.
This post was published on September 3, 2021 6:33 pm