‘L-G seeks action against fourth official; govt. to reclaim illegally sold land, raze constructions, if any’
‘L-G seeks action against fourth official; govt. to reclaim illegally sold land, raze constructions, if any’
A day after two Sub-Divisional Magistrates and a deputy secretary posted at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office were suspended on Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena’s directions, sources claimed that the three officials were part of a land scam in outer Delhi.
According to sources, Mr. Saxena has recommended to the Ministry of Home Affairs the suspension of another official — Nagender Shekhar Pati Tripathi, posted as an Additional District Magistrate — for his links to the scam, which revolves around the sale of a Central government land to private individuals between 2015 and June 2021.
All the four officials had, while occupying the office of SDM, Alipur, over the years, allegedly engaged in illegal sale of small parcels of land whose original owner had migrated to Pakistan during Partition, the sources said.
The four officials — Harshit Jain, DANICS, Prakash Chand Thakur, ad hoc DANICS, Nagender Shekhar Pati Triapthi, DANICS, and Devender Sharma, ad hoc DANICS — had, during their tenure as SDM, Alipur, passed orders giving away ownership of government land “in criminal connivance with private individuals or entities” for apparent “pecuniary benefits in return”.
“While Devender Sharma gave bhumidari [land ownership]…
