Rajkot: In another case of land grabbing registered in Rajkot under the new law, a former Congress councillor’s husband and his family members were arrested for encroaching upon a plot of land on Gondal Road owned by a 60-year-old woman. In protest of the FIR, Congress workers submitted a memorandum to the district collector and police commissioner on Monday.
The land grabbing offence was registered at Rajkot Taluka police station on Sunday night following an order by the district collector. The complainant Renu Mehta had given a complaint against the former Congress councillor’s husband Kanaksinh Jadeja, his father Mahendrasinh Jadeja and Mahavirsinh Jadeja on the illegal occupation of 2,126 square metre area of her ancestral land.
Mehta, a resident of Nana Mava Road, alleged that the three accused intruded the land at Vavdi village in Rajkot through their men in September and started construction activity. A part of the compound wall was also breached by them. The land was purchased by Mehta’s mother Meenakumari Parekh from Kanaksinh’s grandfather in 1970. In her complaint, Mehta also stated that the accused are asking her to give money for the land they have illegally occupied and are threatening her.
Kanaksinh was detained by police on Sunday night following the registration of FIR. Meanwhile, Congress party leaders alleged that the administration is harassing its leaders since the local body elections are around the corner. They have demanded that if Kanaksinh is not released, they will start a non-violent protest.