The Ghaziabad Police has arrested a retired Colonel of the Indian Army in connection with a land grabbing case. "The arrested official has been identified as Colonel (Retired) Avneet Singh Bedi, the Vice President Security Standard of Jet Airways posted at Mumbai "Superintendent of Police (City) Ghaziabad Akash Tomar said. "Singh was arrested at 12.35 am from his Panchsheel Park residence in South Delhi," the SP said.
Police action came in the wake of a case of land grabbing registered against Singh at Sahibabad police station on June 21 by the Joint Municipal Commissioner Arun Kumar Gupta of Municipal Corporation of Ghaziabad.
According to police, the FIR states that Avneet Singh Bedi along with four members of his own family — Vimla Bedi, Manohar Bedi, Digvijay and Mrs Guneet Singh along with six other accomplices grabbed total 5,690 square metre municipal land. They are running a company named VR logistics on the said land. The other accused accomplices are: Sunil Kumar, Subhash, Amar Singh, Shahnawaz, Khem Chand and Jai Raj. These six persons have developed their shops on this precious land on Delhi border.
A detailed report submitted by the revenue clerk states that the said land alongside GT road in Chikamberpur village on Delhi border is worth over Rs 70 crore.
The Joint Municipal Commissioner stated in the FIR that on May 30, 2017 an inspection was carried on the spot in which the entire municipal land was found grabbed by these 11 persons. When the revenue clerk demanded the property papers they showed their inability to him the papers. During verification the land was found recorded in the name of municipal corporation of Ghaziabad vide khasra number 57/57, 5, 8, 10 - 0.444, 0.5690 and 0.6140 hectares. But the entire land was found grabbed by these persons. So they are liable to be prosecuted under section 447 and 448 of IPC.
Ghaziabad Municipal Commissioner CP Singh said, "The total land in the possession of the accused persons is over 9,000 square metres and has to be evacuated. We have launched the process to get it free from the encroachment".
"The first information report (FIR) has been registered under sections 447 and 448 of IPC and is being investigated. legal action will follow against the other persons named in the FIR, once more facts emerge", the SP added.