Gurgaon, July 21: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has uncovered a scam involving fraudulent sale of prime govt land, implicating four Naib Tehsildars and HSVP officials among others.
The 1.5-acre prime land, situated near Hero Honda Chowk and earmarked for developing Industrial Sector 37 and widening Badshapur drain, was allegedly sold by a DLF-1 resident identified as Rakesh in collusion with four Naib Tehsildars of Kadipur tehsil, a patwari and HSVP officials.
The revenue officials involved have also been accused of causing financial losses to the exchequer by collecting lower stamp duties.
The scam came to light when a resident of Rewari, filed a complaint with ACB in May 2024, supported by documents. He alleged that in 2022, Rakesh in collusion with officials and employees of MCG, Kadipur tehsil and HSVP illegally subdivided and sold land that had been acquired by HSVP for development projects.
As a result in toto, the revenue department suffered a loss of Rs 1.6 crore in stamp duty for registering these eight deeds.
According to the Town Planner's report, no NOC was taken before registering the plots," said the ACB official, adding that following an investigation, all allegations were found to be true, and a case was registered under sections 120B, 218, 409, and 420 of IPC and Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at the bureau's Gurgaon office against Batra, Naib Tehsildars, patwari among others.
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