VACB registers FIR on alleged land seize

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has registered a primary data report (FIR) on a criticism of encroachment of puramboke land with the connivance of Revenue officers.

Sajesh Okay.G., who served because the Elamkulam village officer, and a non-public particular person recognized as Kesardev Kejerival have been booked beneath Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code (legal conspiracy) and Section 7(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (a public servant who improperly or dishonestly performs, or induces one other public servant to carry out, a public obligation in anticipation of or as a consequence of receiving an undue benefit).

The case was registered on a criticism by activist Cheshire Tarzan of Kadavanthra, who alleged {that a} land mafia was encroaching on authorities land and promoting it utilizing cast land deeds.

According to the FIR, the second accused, Kejerival, submitted a request to the land tribunal tahsildar looking for a Pattayam. The tahsildar subsequently issued a letter to the Elamkulam village officer on December 4, 2019, looking for a report. Kejerival then filed a petition earlier than the High Court, which issued an order on May 12, 2020, directing the Elamkulam village officer to conduct an inquiry and submit a report inside six weeks.

According to the FIR, the village officer carried out a listening to on May 13, 2020, and, with out verifying satisfactory documentation, submitted a report back to the tahsildar on May 27, 2020. The Pattayam was subsequently granted to the second accused on May 29, 2020.