Anekal land row: CM Siddaramaiah cracks whip against Chief Secretary Arvind Jadhav, orders probe
RTI activist Bhaskaran alleges that Jadhav, along with some IAS and KAS officers, is involved in the land grabbing case and he tried to forge the documents.
In Short
- Jadhav and other officials allegedly manipulated govt documents.
- Some IAS and KAS officers are also involved in the case.
- Siddaramaiah has sought a report from the revenue officials.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has decided to crack the whip against the state's Cheif Secretary Arvind Jadhav over allegations of nepotism in allotment of government land to his mother in Anekal on the outskirts of Bangalore.
RTI activist Bhaskaran has filed a complaint with the state's Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) against Jadhav and other officials for allegedly manipulating government documents with regards to the sale of 8 acres and 30 gunths of land to his mother Tarabai Jadhav.
JADHAV, SOME IAS AND KAS OFFICERS FORGED DOCUMENTS?
Bhaskaran alleges that Jadhav, along with some IAS and KAS officers, is involved in the land grabbing case and he tried to forge the documents.
Siddaramaiah has sought a report from the revenue officials in this regard.
"I have asked the revenue officials to examine the allegations and submit a report at the earliest", said Siddaramaiah. The CM further said that Jadhav had not submitted any report on the irregularities in land transfer.
Jadhav has been allegedly accused of exerting pressure on officials to create a new file of records on the sale of 76 acres of land in Anekal which was said to have been purchased by his mother 15 years ago.
TOP KARNATAKA OFFICERS INVOLVED IN LAND ALLOTMENT CASE?
The letter, that has been addressed to ADGP KV Gagandeep of the ACB, has named Bengaluru Urban Deputy-Commissioner V Shankar, Assistant Commissioner of Anekal and the Tahsildar of Anekal, along with Jadhav, to have been involved in the land grabbing case.
The complaint says, "8.3 acres out of the 73 acres of government land in survey no 29 of Ramanayakanahalli in Anekal talk have been illegally granted to Jadhav's mother Tara Bai Maruthi Rai Jadhav". The complaint further mentions that Jadhav's mother further sold the land to another individual which is in violation of the Land revenue act of 1964 which prohibits sale of government land .
"I request you not to dismiss my complaint without any proper justification And not ask me any further documents which are not in my possession", RTI activist Bhaskaran said.
KARNATAKA CHIEF SECRETARY ARVIND JADHAV'S CLARIFICATION
Defending himself, Jadhav says the land was purchased well after the expiry of 15-year-period according to the non-alienation clause. In the last 14 years nothing regarding the land deal, stating irregularity, has been questioned and also goes on to say there is nothing illegal in that transaction.
"The decision to sell the land was taken independently by my mother in 2002 when I was not in the state government nor in Bangalore," he said.
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