Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Senior IAS officer Amoy Kumar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Monday in connection with a case relating to the alleged alienation of government/Bodhan land.
The official appeared before the ED officers at the agency’s regional office here.
The ED is questioning him on the basis of a case registered at the Maheshwaram Police Station.
The Central agency is probing the possible money laundering angle in the land deal.
The ED initiated the investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Telangana Police against private persons and government officials regarding illegal sale of government land involving forgery of documents and manipulation of government revenue records. There are allegations that 42 acres of government/Bodhan land were alienated to some private individuals.
The ED had earlier questioned Amoy Kumar in October, 2024.
Currently posted in the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Department, Amoy Kumar had earlier served as the District Collector of Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts.
Though Amoy Kumar was not named as an accused in the FIR, his role regarding the use of the Dharani portal and registration of properties under prohibited categories came under scrutiny.
In March 2023, one Dastagir Shareef had filed a private complaint in court that some individuals, with the alleged collusion of revenue officials, fraudulently obtained succession rights, mutated revenue records and issued illegal pass books for 42.33 acres of land in Nagaram village in Maheshwaram mandal of Rangareddy district.
Acting on a court’s direction, the police had registered the FIR and took up an investigation. Several individuals, including Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) R.P. Jyothi, Munawar Khan, Khaderunnisa, K. Sridhar Reddy and others were named in the FIR.
ED’s Hyderabad Zonal Office had seized 45 cars, including several vintage cars, during the searches conducted in Hyderabad in April last year under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The agency had announced that it seized incriminating documents related to the fraudulent sale and purchase of government land, Indian currency of Rs 23 lakh and 12,000 UAE Dirhams.
The searches were conducted at the residences and farmhouses of accused Khaderunissa, Munawar Khan, Mohd Lateef Sharfan, Mohd Akhtar Sharfan and Mohd Shukoor.
“ED investigation revealed that government land/Bhoodan land situated in Nagaram village, Maheshwaram Mandal was falsely claimed by Khaderunissa as her ancestral property, that revenue records were fraudulently mutated and the land was sold to various entities in association with several middlemen,” the ED had said.
“These middlemen, in connivance with government officials, forged the documents and changed the land revenue records, resulting in de-notifying the said land from the prohibited list and its subsequent sale to some private parties,” it added.
–IANS
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