The vigilance that has initiated a
detailed probe into the lands in the illegal possession of Harrisons Malayalam
Ltd and forgery of its documents, has stepped in to constitute a high level
team, including top officials of the Land Commissionerate, State Land Bank,
Registration and Survey departments.
The special team under DYSP V Shyamkumar
will have Assistant Commissioner ( L A) and Special Officer D Sajith Babu, Land Board Assistant
Secretary Shibu, first grade and second grade surveyors and top officials from
the Registration department.
Official sources said that a
recommendation for constituting the high level team, including the above
officials and others from the Revenue department, has been submitted to the
Vigilance Director. It is learned that the team will be constituted at the
earliest.
The special team was constituted for a
detailed probe into the whole issue highlighted in the preliminary report
submitted by investigating officer DYSP Nandanam Pillai, who looked into the
forgery of document 1600/1923, which comprised of about 26,000 acres of land
registered at the Kollam Principal Registration office. The Vigilance has
already registered a case against against HML executive officials C
Vinayaraghavan, Dharmaraj, Ravi Anand and V Venugopal and four registrars for
the alleged forgery of documents.
Apart from looking into the forgery of
the documents, the investigation will cover the alleged financial dealings of
the company, which includes diversion of funds, tax evasion, availing loans
from various banks and tea subsidies. The team will have an intensive probe
into the alleged corruption of officials in the revenue and registration
departments.
Source: The New Indian Express
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