FIR filed against Shettar for land allotment

August 1, 2014

Bangalore, Aug 1: The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) on Thursday booked FIR against opposition leader Jagadish Shettar for allegedly violating land revenue rules while allotting prime land in Bangalore city to an individual as chief minister in April 2013.

IPC section 420 and other laws in Karnataka Land Revenue act has been imposed on Shettar, Sundaresh (beneficiary) and revenue department officials. A Prasad, director of Vokkaliga Sangha, had lodged complaint with BMTF.

Shettar has been accused of sanctioning to Sundaresh 4 acre land in Srigandadakaval, heart of the city, earmarked for public and semi-public purposes. He said to have signed the file after calendar of events for assembly polls were notified.

Prasad and M Nagaraj, secretary of Vokkaligara Sangha had alleged that the land was valued as an agricultural land at Rs 1.50 crore an acre and Sundaresh was asked to remit Rs 6 crore as its value, far less that its real value estimated at Rs 80 crore.

Prasad questioned the rationale of sanctioning the land within 12-km radius of the Bangalore city because the Karnataka Land Grant Rules prohibits sanctioning of land with a radius of 16-km. The land was sanctioned to Sanga in 1967, he said.

He said that the land sanctioned to Sundaresh was part of 47.11 acres in Srigandadakaval which belonged to Sangha and Golden Valley Education Trust.

Reacting to the incident, Shettar said that he allotted land in accordance with law and as per court direction. "This is Congress sponsored complaint against me. The issue has cropped up after I took up the denotification of land in Arkavathy layout by chief minister Siddaramaiah. I won't yield for these kinds of tactics and will continue to fight against the CM."

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The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Santosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere.

According to preliminary information, the incident took place during a late-night drinking party involving a group of local youths who had recently returned after completing their pilgrimage to the Sabarimala shrine. An argument reportedly broke out among the group and soon escalated into a violent confrontation.

During the ensuing brawl, Santosh Mogaveera was allegedly assaulted and collapsed at the spot after sustaining serious injuries. He was rushed by local residents to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him dead.

On receiving information, senior police officials, including Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Police Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T, Station ASI Manthesh Jabagoudar, and head constables Pradeep and Ashok, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Police have taken four youths into custody in connection with the incident. A case has been registered at the Kota police station, and further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the death.

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