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Prime land encroached uponLocal MLAs involvement alleged

DeependerJhajjar, September 7

some persons reportedly having connections with the ruling INLD have encroached upontwo acres of prime land near the civil courts along the National Highway No. 10 inBahadurgarh town here. The land belongs to the Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS), a unit of theMinistry of Agriculture, Government of India. The encroachers have also raised an 8-fthigh boundary wall around the land.The land, estimated to cost more than Rs 2 crore, originally belonged to the Ministry ofDefence. Later, the Delhi Milk Scheme took the land on lease for 99 years to open a milkchilling plant which got defunct after some years. The land had since been used bymembers of a tempo union as a tempo stand.On the night of August 25, members of a committee of the local Sir Chhotu Ram

Dharamshala, which is situated along the side of this land, allegedly raised the 8-ftboundary.Sources said the foundation stone of the wall was laid by the local INLD MLA Mr NafeSingh Rathee. They also put a hoarding on the land bearing the name of thedharamshala.Mr Uday Singh Mann, patron of the dharamshala, the secretary and other members of

the committee admitted to having raised the boundary wall. Denying the involvement ofthe local MLA in the whole affair, they justified the encroachment saying that thedharamshala intended to construct an old-age home, a dispensary and a park on thisland in the public interests.They said they were hopeful of possessing the land legally after completing the

procedural formalities, and the state government and the DMS had been contacted inthis regard.The sources said the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala had given the go-ahead tothe dharamshala committee at a function organised by it this year for the acquisition ofthe land.DMS officials reached the spot the next day of raising the wall and put their own

hoarding. They also deleted the name of the dharmshala painted on the gate and postedfour security guards there.On condition of anonymity, a top functionary of the DMS, talking to this correspondentover the telephone from his office in Delhi, alleged that the local MLA, along with hishenchmen were trying to grab the land in the name of the Dharamshala.He said when he, along with his staff, went to regain possession of the land, someunidentified persons clashed with them. He alleged that the police refused to lodge anFIR. He said the DMS had written the complaint letters to the Chief Secretary, Haryana,the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police, Jhajjar, and the SDM atBahadurgarh.The SP, admitted to having received the letter saying that he had sent it to the DSP atBahadurgarh for further inquiry.

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