T. Raja Reddy alias Kulla Reddy (49) hailing from
Kothur village near Mookandapalli in SIPCOT, Hosur on Thursday night.
With this, the number of persons detained under Goondas Act relating to
the land grabbing cases has risen to two in Krishnagiri district.
Earlier,
Mr. Gnaneswaran of Pochampalli was detained under Goondas Act. A
release from N. Kannan, Superintendent of Police said that the
detention under the Goondas Act was recommended to the Collector, since
the accused was found involved in many cases of land grabbing cases in
the district. Based the recommendations, the Collector C.N. Maheshwaran
has ordered to detain T. Raja Reddy under Goondas Act.
Four
cases were registered against him by the Anti Land Grabbing Cell under
sections 147 (unlawful assembly), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly
weapon), 447 (criminal trespass), 468 (forgery for the purpose of
cheating), 420 (criminal conspiracy) and 506 (ii) (criminal
intimidation) of Indian Penal Code.
He was arrested
by the Anti Land Grabbing Cell last month and was lodged in Salem
Central Prison. The detention order under Goondas Act was served to him
at the prison on Thursday night.
Mr. S.R. Senthil Kumar, Additional Superintendent of Police heading the Anti Land Grabbing Cell told The Hindu
on Friday that the accused used to register valuable lands with forged
documents in his name and then threatening the original owners and
grabbed the land with meagre amount. Mr. Kumar said so fare 931
petitions were received by the special cell from the affected persons.
On the basis of the prima facie evidence 21 First Information Reports
were registered and 25 persons were arrested.
About ten acres of land worth Rs. 3.5-crores were retrieved and handed over to the aggrieved persons, he adds.
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