Twelve accused in the national highway 74 land compensation scam were presented in the court of the district and sessions judge and special judge (PCA) Kumkum Rani here on Saturday. The court admitted the charge-sheet filed by the special investigation team against the accused and sent them back to jail under section 309 of the Indian Penal Code till February 28 when the case will be taken up for hearing in the court. Ther bail applications of accused Provincial Service Officer Anil Shukla and former Tehsildar Mohan Singh were also present in the court on Saturday. The judged rejected the bail applications.
The 12 scam accused against whom the charge-sheet was filed include suspended sub divisional magistrate Bhagat Singh Fonia, former special land acquisition officer DP Singh, the then Tehsildars in charge Madan Mohan Paladiya and Bhole lal, suspended Sangrah Amin Anil Kumar, data entry operator Arpan Kumar, former Peshkars (caller) Sanjay Kumar and Vikas Chauhan, Jaspur Tehsil staff Ram Samuch, farmers Charan Singh and Om Prakash along with stamp vendor Zeeshan. They have been charged with conspiring and showing agriculture land as non-agricultural land to orchestrate scam in compensation for land.