Corruption
Retired IAS Officer, Five Others Booked in Rs 87 Lakh Land Fraud Case
Lucknow: Police have registered a fraud case against retired IAS officer Ashok Chandra and five others following a court order on Sunday. The accused are allegedly involved in a land scam amounting to Rs 87 lakh.
The case was filed based on a complaint by Harinam, a resident of Karora village in Nagram, who claimed that his family’s land was fraudulently transferred. According to Harinam, his father, Ayodhya Prasad, had intended to sell four biswa of land in 2015. An acquaintance, Mishrilal from Sahan Kheda, introduced them to a supposed buyer named Chamanlal.
When the deal was finalized, Harinam and his father went to Mohanlalganj Tehsil for registration, accompanied by Mishrilal’s associate, Durga Prasad. However, Mishrilal’s lawyer allegedly obtained Ayodhya Prasad’s thumb impression on the registry documents without allowing him to read them. Later, they discovered that the land was not registered in Chamanlal’s name but was instead transferred to another individual.
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Harinam further stated that Mishrilal and Shailendra took him and his father to the collectorate, where they were made to sign blank papers under the guise of completing legal formalities. They also obtained thumb impressions from Harinam’s uncle. Later, it was revealed that the accused had conspired to fraudulently sell their land.
The accused allegedly secured official approval from the district magistrate’s office. Subsequently, another accused, Rajendra, replaced his father’s name with that of a man named Rishu and sold the land to retired IAS officer Ashok Chandra. The accused also took Rs 87 lakh from Chandra. Ashok Chandra, in his defense, claimed that he was also deceived and had paid money without knowing the fraud.
Nagaram SHO confirmed that a case has been registered against Ashok Chandra, Rishu Singh, Shivam Bhaskar, Shailendra Singh, Durga Prasad, and Mishrilal. Investigations are ongoing.