Bhubaneswar: A day after, the Odisha Government requested the Crime Branch to start investigation into the alleged land grabbing by Odisha lnfra Tech Pvt Ltd, the Khordha district administration has launched an eviction drive to remove encroachments in Sarua in presence of local tehsildar and police over alleged land grabbing.
It is alleged Rayati lands belonging to the Scheduled Caste persons in Begunia Tahasil were sold in favour of Odisha lnfra Tech Pvt. Limited through Benami transaction through Sri Rabindra Kumar Sethy, Ex-Driver, ORTEL.
It may be noted that, the villagers had earlier alleged that the Company has constructed huge walls, houses and ponds on the land and are preventing the villagers from entering their farm land. They also resorted to dharana in front of Collectorate office in Khordha.
The locals have further alleged that the Company representatives are forcing them to sell their hard earned land at throwaway prices.
On October 1, an investigation was launched at administrative level after hundreds of people of Sarua, Jayamangal and Goudaput villages had held demonstration over land grabbing in the area by Odisha Infract Pvt Ltd.
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