Rajkot: In a first case under the newly enacted The Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2020 in Amreli, police booked one person from Dalkhaniya village in Dhari taluka of Amreli district for allegedly grabbing gauchar land and constructing a pucca house on the land.
According to police, Accused Sabbir alias Sabu Aman Naya, a resident of Dalkhaniya village, which borders Gir Sanctuary, was arrested following the complaint lodged against him by Dhari Taluka Development Officer (TDO) B R Sojitra.
Amreli superintendent of police Nirlipt Rai received information about the land grabbing by Sabbir in Dalkhaniya village and made a proposal to Amreli collector Ayush Oak in this regard. Following the preliminary inquiry by the district collectorate, a former complaint was lodged against the accused.
Police sources said that Sabbir is a listed historysheeter and is involved in various crimes including attempted murder and prohibition act in last five years. A special investigation team is formed to probe this gauchar land grabbing case. The probe team will be headed by deputy superintendent of police (Head quarters, Amreli) M S Rana. The other probe team members include N A Vaghela (PSI, Dhari) and B V Pandya (PSI, Chalala).
“Primary probe revealed that the accused had constructed a pucca house on the gauchar land and he used this land to carry out illegal activities including liquor supply,” police said.