Hyderabad: Telangana’s minister for municipal administration KT Rama Rao on Friday is said to have ordered a thorough probe into a land dispute involving proxies of Hyderabad mayor Bonthu Rammohan.
The proxies of the mayor are alleged to have grabbed two acres of prime land worth at least Rs 100 crore near Narsingi on the outskirts of Hyderabad, by forcibly evicting the owners.
KTR is said to have directed Cyberabad police commissioner and Ranga Reddy collector to thoroughly inquire into the incident and submit a report.
Special Branch personnel of the Cyberabad police and state intelligence officials visited the disputed land in Narsingi and interacted with the plot owners. The Ranga Reddy district administration also reviewed the proceedings issued by the officials concerned in various stages of the deal.
Mayor, Rammohan in a statement announced that his family would cancel the development agreement and memorandum of understanding with the present titleholders. “We don’t know about the illegal transactions that took place before our agreements.