Andhra Pradesh - Nellore   

SEZ scam: CIU team begins probe

NELLORE: The Central Investigation Unit (CIU) officials who are probing into the irregularities on Krishnapatnam SEZ visited three villages in Gudur division in the district on Sunday and interacted with the land owners whose lands were acquired by the government.

The CIU Joint Director K. Sampath Kumar and Nellore Anti-Corruption Bureau DSP G. Narasimhan accompanied by the Revenue officials visited Siddavaram, Vanjaravaka and Karlapudi villages and enquired the villagers about the survey numbers of the lands taken, compensation paid and any bribe demanded by the officials for paying compensation.

Later, the officials seized the records from the revenue officials and verified them. The JD and the DSP questioned the revenue officers on how much land was acquired for the Special Economic Zone in each village and the total compensation paid.

However, the investigation officials could not meet Gudur RDO Y. Ramachandra Reddy against whom the villagers made complaints to the ACB officials, as the latter was on leave, it is learnt.

Kota Deputy Tahsildar Ravindranath, Village Revenue Officer Bhaktasavastala Reddy and others accompanied the special team.

Meanwhile, following the allegations against the Revenue officials that less compensation was paid to the land owners and the names of some benami persons were mentioned in the land owners’ list, Joint Collector Saurabh Gaur started investigation into the matter.

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