Telangana: CM K Chandrasekhar Rao orders probe against Eatala Rajender son over land grab charge

HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has ordered an inquiry into the alleged land grabbing allegations made against MLA Eatala Rajender’s son, E Nitin Reddy. The move comes even as Eatala, his son and their family-run Jamuna hatcheries are already under investigation for allegedly encroaching assigned temple lands in various places.
The inquiry has been ordered following a complaint lodged by farmer P Mahesh Mudiraj that his land in Ravalkole village in Medchal-Malkajgiri district was allegedly encroached upon by Nitin. He urged the chief minister to provide justice.
Mahesh is a Mudiraj, a community of Backward Classes (BC) to which even Eatala Rajender belongs.
Responding to the complaint from Mahesh, the chief minister instructed chief secretary Somesh Kumar to inquire into the complaint immediately. He also instructed the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Vigilance, Revenue and other concerned officials to conduct a comprehensive probe and submit a report at the earliest.
Eatala and his family’s Jamuna hatcheries are already under investigation by vigilance and revenue officials for allegedly encroaching about 100 acres of assigned temple lands in Devaryamjal mandal among other places. A four member IAS officers’ committee was appointed to inquire into the issue and they have reportedly submitted a report. However, Eatala Rajender has been denying these allegations as a campaign to defame him.
In his complaint letter to KCR, Mahesh said his grandfather owned 10.1 acres land behind survey no. 77 in Ravalkole village. “As per the 1975-76 Ceiling Act, the government had also issued a certificate. From Khasra Pahani in 1954 to Adangal Pahani in 1986, the revenue records showed my grandfather, Narasimha, as the owner,” he said.
Mahesh said that after 1986, the names of Satyam Ramalinga Raju and others were shown as owners in records. “In the last few years, the land belonging to my grandfather was purchased by Nitin by exerting pressure on officials. I had tried meeting the minister then as he is also from the Mudiraj community, but he did not meet me. I finally got to meet him about eight months back but he warned me against talking about it,” Mahesh alleged.“I have the 38-E certificate and the Pahani records that have my grandfather’s name on it. As per Tenancy and Ceiling Act, we have had rights on this land for so many decades. Give us back our land,” he stated.