Land sharks
Recently a wetland at Pirtala in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area has been filled up in broad daylight and been allocated into plots by land sharks and are being sold at Rs 3.25 lakh per cottah. Located in Chowbaga, the 52-bigha waterbody was filled with marsh around. In the summer, the water dried up, leaving [...] Continue Reading »
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi had to pay a heavy price for the campaign he had launched to identify illegally encroached government and Wakf land in his Chandrayangutta constituency for public use. Unidentified assailants opened fire at Akbaruddin in the old city of Hyderabad. The assailants reportedly came on horsebacks, attacked Owaisi with swords [...] Continue Reading »
Lonely senior citizens have become the target of land sharks who enjoy the support of politicians. The senior citizens say Land Mafia have been threatening them to sell their land for building a multi-storeyed commercial-cum-residential complex. A police officer said that land sharks were active since land prices in Besant Nagar had soared to more [...] Continue Reading »
