Eight held in land grabbing case; e Speaker, family members named in FIR: SP
Eight persons have been arrested in connection with a land-grabbing case in Srikakulam rural police station limits, the police said on Sunday, adding that a
Eight persons have been arrested in connection with a land-grabbing case in Srikakulam rural police station limits, the police said on Sunday, adding that a total of 13 persons, including former Speaker of the State Assembly Thammineni Seetharam and his family members, were named in the FIR. The accused were charged with tampering with documents, submission of false death certificates and other details to grab nearly ₹4 crore worth of land, according to Srikakulam Superintendent of Police K.V. Maheswara Reddy. The accused were identified as Adabala Rajani, Telugu Satish Kumar, Saripalli Lakshmana Rao, M.
Upendra Kumar, J. Upendra Rao, Mamidi Gopala Krishna, Sambana Sambasiva Rao and Kuna Peddi Raju (document writer) in the land-grabbing case. The SP said Mr. Seetharam, his family members Thammineni Vani, Thammineni Srirama Chiranjeevi Naga and Boddepalli Aruna (Sub Registrar of Hiramandalam) were also involved in the scam and creation of false legal heir certificates. According to the investigation, T. Kanakalingeswara Rao, a resident of Chapuram, purchased three house sites in Survey No. 35/13, layout, within the Chapuram gram panchayat limits in 1992 and 1999.
The accused persons created fake documents and got a death certificate in the name of Rao, and after obtaining legal heir certificates, they started construction of a boundary wall all along the three sites, according to the police. The accused have taken advantage of the landowner's prolonged absence from the village and attempted to take possession of the property, the police said. The issue came to light when Kanaklingeswara Rao’s family members approached the rural police and alleged that the land grabbers had created false legal heir certificates to own a ₹4 crore worth of land.
The SP stated that the investigation led to issues such as the fabrication of forged documents, the creation of false claims of inheritance, and fraudulent registrations. Reddy asserted that all 13 people would be arrested after the investigation ends. He urged the people to verify the documents carefully and obtain necessary information from the revenue and sub-registrar offices before buying the properties.
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