In connection with alleged irregularities costing hundreds of crores detected in the acquisition of farmland for widening of the National Highway-7 in Udham Singh Nagar district, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) conducted raids at about ten different locations in Kashipur, Rudrapur Kaladungi, Bazpur, Sitarganj, Nanakmatta, Rudrapur, Kashipur and Dehradun on Wednesday, said Udham Singh Nagar senior superintendent of police Dr Sadanand Date.
Police sources said after seeking assistance from the local police, ten teams of SIT conducted raids and collected relevant documents from 10 different places in the State, including provisional State Capital Dehradun. Revenue officers and employees in the said areas are reported to be on the radar of the SIT.
In Kashipur, SIT team conducted raids at three places and collected documents related to the scam with two farmers also reportedly being taken into custody for questioning. Along with local police, the SIT conducted raids at the houses of former reader Daya Sagar, resident of Jaspur and Jaspur registrar Kanungo Vijendra Kumar and Bhuwan Chandra Tiwari, resident of Ramnagar with the team members reportedly collecting evidence related to NH scam.
later team members also took into custody, two farmers named Balwant Singh, a resident of Sarabkhera and Dilbag Singh, a resident of lalpur under Kunda police station for registering their statement over the same issue. Sources said former reader Daya Sagar has been asked for questioning on June 16 by SIT. In Bazpur, on the orders of the SSP and a search warrant with the SIT, police searched the home of the Registrar Kanungo.
Here the police raided the home of Chandrapal Singh Kashyap, who is presently under suspension and had served on the posts of registrar in Kashipur and Jaspur. The search revealed 1,200 official files which were not related to the scam, gold jewellery, cash and ten passbooks of various bank accounts.
In Dehradun too, SIT has raided the buildings of one DP Singh and collected relevant documents related to the same scam.
The SIT is led by additional SP Kamlesh Upadhyay and CO Swatantra Kumar as investigating officer with others including inspectors and sub-inspectors are members of the team. SIT is being supervised by SSP, Udham Singh Nagar and DIG Kumaon Ajay Rautela.