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FIR against real estate firm for grabbing govt land
Umesh R Yadav
DHNS
Last Updated IST

Real estate developer Puravankara has been booked for grabbing two acres of government ‘B’ Kharab land at Mallasandra in Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk.

The Thalaghattapura police booked the company and the persons concerned under IPC sections 447 (punishment for criminal trespass), 192A (fabricating false evidence) and the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2007, following a complaint from Shivappa H Lamani, the Bengaluru South tahsildar. The land is located in survey numbers 9/2B1, 9/2B2, 9/1, 9/2A and 9/2B.

The company’s response

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When contacted, a company spokesperson said: “The
survey number concerned was duly converted by an order passed by the deputy commissioner of the Revenue Department. We have all the valid
documents. This case is baseless.”

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(Published 10 October 2019, 00:31 IST)