Uttarakhand Congress has alleged large scale irregularities in the sale of lands belonging to Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe communities in Dehradun. The chief spokesperson of Uttarakhand Congress Garima Dasauni said that to protect the interests of the land holders of SC and ST communities the government has enacted a law. However, for the farmers of this community having land holding of more than three acres, the government has made a provision that by the permission of the revenue department and district magistrate (DM) concerned they can sell their land. Dasauni said that the land mafia in Vikasnagar area of Dehradun has started taking undue advantage of this provision. She said that in one such case, Ratiram a resident of Sabhawala in Vikasnagar has sold about 300 bighas of land by producing forged affidavits in connivance with the employees of the revenue department. The Congress leader said that cases under different sections were registered against Ratiram in Kotwali police station but Police has not arrested him yet.
She claimed that in this case the accused has purchased land at throwaway prices from the people of SC/ ST community on the basis of forged documents and has sold the land at very high rates. Dasauni demanded that the administration should conduct a fair inquiry on the issue.
