Land grabbing by DMK

by sambarvada Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:11 am

It was said in the month-long gap between polling and counting that AIADMK chief Jayalalitha was collecting dossiers on DMK leaders and partymen who had grabbed land during the five years the latter party was in power. An AIADMK insider once told me that in Madurai, where then CM Karunanidhi’s son Azhagiri ruled "if you had a building or a house he coveted, you had to pack up and leave." Now there’s proof that dossiers were collected because cases of land grabbing are tumbling out including one where none other than the DMK headquarters in Tiruchi, Kalaignar Arivalayam, has been accused by G R Suresh Kumar of encroaching on his land for a car park. He has alleged that he was threatened of "dire consequences" by businessman Rajagopal, believed to be close to the brother of former transport minister K N Nehru (called the "Azhagiri of Tiruchi").

The police, during DMK rule, looked the other way, now all districts have a Special Cell for land grabbing cases to exclusively investigate complaints. According to S George, additional DGP (Law and Order), 540 complaints (excluding Chennai) involving property worth several crores were received in two days alone. NRIs are among the victims (in Chennai, the crime branch arrested five persons who created fake land documents for a property owned by a software engineer in Canada and registered the property) and the accused in virtually all the cases were linked politically to the DMK government. "Putting an end to land grabbing is among our top priorities," George said. The police all over the state claim that they have begun restoring the property that was illegally taken over.

http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?277587

by truthbetold Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:13 am

If and When , power changes in AP, a longer series of land grabbing cases will come out. Many big ones came out recently with congress ministers claiming YSR and his son were grabbing and selling govt property. Neither state nor central govt is allowing for investigations to proceed.

Glad that TN is making an effort to reverse land grabbing. Hope they can net some big fish to teach them a lesson.

by Kris Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:57 pm

Ms. JJ is no saint herself. That whole fiasco with the Shakaracharya was related at least in part to land grab. She supposedly wanted a piece of property that the mutt owned (I have seen that place- it is prime); he said no dice. Of course, the mutt had its own issues.

There is no honor among thieves.

by truthbetold Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:06 pm

Whatever happened to that case against Shankaracharya? Did they ever complete that trail?

by Kris Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:53 pm

Good question... it seems to have pretty much faded into the background. Makes you wonder what was behind it or was it a question of politics winning out, based on his connections. Does not speak well to the integrity of the system. That being said, I am more encouraged now with at least some ministers being held accountable at the center

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:14 pm

Kris wrote:Ms. JJ is no saint herself. That whole fiasco with the Shakaracharya was related at least in part to land grab. She supposedly wanted a piece of property that the mutt owned (I have seen that place- it is prime); he said no dice. Of course, the mutt had its own issues.

There is no honor among thieves.

Remember the Safire theater complex? It was bought by JJ for rs. 22 crores in the mid 90s, of course in benami name.

by Kris Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:27 pm

Among other properties. There was of course the blatant - ahem!- "gifts" that were normal when any official sanction was needed. This blew up in their faces, as I am told, when some underling demanded the "standard rate" from Nokia not realizing they were an MNC. Apparently, this was hush-hushed later.

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