ED conducts searches in Hyderabad in connection with misuse of govt land case

New Delhi, May 1

Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted search operations at five locations in Hyderabad under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection with an ongoing investigation regarding alienation of Government land for personal gains.
 

ED initiated investigation on the basis of 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.

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. 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.

The searches were conducted at the residences and farmhouses of Khaderunissa, Mohd. Munawar Khan, Mohd. Lateef Sharfan, Mohd. Akhtar Sharfan, Mohd. Sukoor and resulted in the seizure of incriminating documents related to fraudulent sale and purchase of Government land, Indian currency of Rs. 23 lakhs, foreign currency of 12000 UAE Dirham.
 

Forty five old and used cars, including several vintage cars were also seized from the farmhouse premises of Mohd. Munawar Khan