In an ongoing probe in Government’s land scam, at least 29 thousand cases of illegally transfer of Government lands to the locals with succession-mutation documents across the Bokaro district has been unearthed by Monday evening.
According to the officials, approximately 68 thousand acres of Government land has been illegally transferred (sold) across the district. “The maximum area of land was transferred under Chas block of the district,” said an official requesting anonymity.
“It was found during probe that out of 68,000 acres of lands, 20 thousand acres of land in Chas has been illegally sold with succession-mutation documents while rest (48,000) has been transferred in Chandankiyari, Jaridih, Bermo and under Gomia blocks of the district,” he said adding, “ a detailed report has been sent to the State headquarter”.
Recently at least 103 acres of Government lands under Tetulia Mouza at Chas block of Bokaro district was freed of encroachment.
This land scam was unearthed after the SIT probe in Bokaro. These land plots are actually notified forest land and Government lands which were handed over to Bokaro Steel Plant (BSl) in 1962 for erection and establishment of the steel plant. But The BSl management did not utilise the land and it was illegally transferred to the locals with succession-mutation documents.
On the directive of Deputy Commissioner Bokaro Rai Mahimapat Ray aforesaid Government lands, an estimated worth of Rs150 crores was freed. The then Chas circle officer Nirmal Toppo illegally transferred the lands to the locals with succession-mutation documents.
Recently Deputy Development Officer Ramlakhan Prasad Gupta submitted a detailed report to the DC in which he accused Toppo for transferring the Government land to the locals.
Based on fake documents Toppo had done the mutation of the forest land, which was later sold at higher rates to the residents, said DDC.