04 May,2011 06:16 AM IST | | Yacoob Mohammed
While the newly-elected deputy mayor is facing allegation of demanding bribe from a charitable trust, leader of opposition in the BBMP is accused of trying to grab a piece of land
Uday Shankar, leader of opposition in the BBMP council, is being investigated by the Lokayukta on charges of attempting to take over a piece of land on the pretext of building an anganwadi, which already exists.
In his complaint (a copy of which is with MiD DAY), Chand Pasha said that he migrated to the city along with his parents in the early 80's and settled in Arekempanahalli in Siddapura.
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Chand Pasha points at the disputed plot, which Uday Shankar is allegedly trying to grab
His father purchased the 3,262 sqft piece of land in question from Krishne Gowda and registered the same in Pasha's and his mother Naseemunnissa's name as joint owners.
Pasha's stated that since 2002 he has been trying to ward off land sharks.
"I have been constantly harassed by Shankar to hand over my land to the slum board. I had no other option but to approach the Lokayukta and file a complaint.
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The property is currently worth over Rs 1 crore and it has caught Shankar's eye. He claims that he will build an Anganwadi, despite one already existing there," Pasha told this reporter.
Pasha said he was under tremendous pressure from various officials of BBMP and the Slum Board to dispose of his property to Shankar.
However, refuting the allegation, Shankar said, "It is all false. Someone called Chotu Saab had acquired the land belonging, which belongs to the slum board.
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Later, the matter went to High Court, which ruled the decision against him. I have all the documents to support my claim."
Meanwhile, a Lokayukta official said, "A complaint has been registered and the issue is being scrutinised. This will be followed by the issuance of a notice to the corporator."
Not the first time
CASE 1
The Lokayukta has held Yeshwanthpur corporator Munirathna Naidu, four engineers of the BBMP and a construction company responsible for the wall collapse, which claimed the life of 17-year-old Sanjana Singh
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CASE 2
A city Congress corporator was booked on attempt to murder charges for alleged involvement in the attack on a Lokayukta official, police said.u00a0Chandru alias Senthil Kumar had been charged for offences under Indian Penal Code, including attempt to murder in connection with the February 20 attack on Vigilance Director U V Singh for questioning the act of dumping industrial waste in Nagvara lake. Chandru has since been suspended from Congress.
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CASE 3
Lokayukta sleuths trapped BBMP corporator Govindraju, of the congress party red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a city builder. He was taped saying that the bribe was to make up for the money he had spent in getting elected.
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CASE 4
The Lokayukta has also booked a case against Katta Jagadish for disproportionate assets case. Jagadish was caught trying to influence a witness in a case pertaining to irregularities in payment of compensation to land owners by Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board.
