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| Lokayukta raids after NDTV report |
| Karnataka land scam: Lokayukta raids after NDTV report
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| INDIA
, 25-February-2012
1:25:30 AM |
| Just weeks after an NDTV sting exposed the involvement of sub-registrars in the land scam in Bangalore, the Karnataka Lokayukta today conducted raids in at least five sub-registrar offices in the city.
During the raids, officials recovered Rs. 79,000 in cash from the KR Puram sub-registrar's office. Rs. 49,000 has been recovered from the Kengeri sub-registrar's office. This money is unaccounted for. At least 16 middlemen or touts have also been arrested.
A sting operation conducted by NDTV on January 7 had revealed that the Karnataka land scam, known to be the biggest in the country, is only getting bigger and murkier - this despite the arrest of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet after allegations of illegally 'denotifying' land in Bangalore.
Corrupt government officers are believed to be involved in selling off the little available 'government notified land' to an unaware public. Government notified land is when the government identifies land and marks it for developmental projects - that land is known as notified. Mr Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet are alleged to have illegally denotified many parts of such land.
But the land scam doesn't stop with politicians. In fact, sources in the revenue department revealed that nearly 1,275 acres of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) land at prime locations in Bangalore was illegally encroached upon. Though the BDA which is meant to keep a check on such activities refused to comment, real estate agents in the city said, officials in the lower and senior most levels are involved. ''Things happen at a cost at a registrar's office. I won't say more than that. Whoever is to buy something, let the due diligence be done first or it can be disastrous," said Farook Mahmood, founder, National Association of Realtors.
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