New twist in Agra-Lucknow Expressway compensation scam, 12 new names surfaced, DM starts investigation

Lucknow: The file of compensation scam related to the most famous Agra-Lucknow Expressway of Uttar Pradesh has once again been opened. This time the then revenue officers posted in Sarojini Nagar tehsil and 12 other people Names have come to light, who are accused of embezzling compensation worth crores of rupees by falsifying revenue records.

After the order of the Revenue Council, Lucknow District Magistrate (DM) Visakh G. Has started a fresh investigation into this entire scam from Monday.

How was the scam carried out?

This entire game was played under the guise of law. In fact, ‘Zamindari Abolition and Land Settlement Act’ A rule of the Indian Penal Code says that if a Scheduled Caste person is in possession of any government land before the year 2007, then he will be given the ownership right of that land.

Scammers took advantage of this rule. The then accountant, revenue inspector, tehsildar and SDM posted in Sarojini Nagar and Sadar tehsil together falsified the revenue records. He got compensation worth crores of rupees released in the name of many people by falsely showing them as occupants before 2007.

In one case in Lucknow Sarosa-Bharosa Village on a land of Bhai Lal and Banwari Lal By showing two people named as occupiers Rs 1,09,86,415 A huge compensation was given.

Now the sword is hanging over these 12 people

After this scam was exposed in the initial investigation of the Revenue Council, now apart from the then government officials, these 12 beneficiaries have also been included in the District Magistrate’s investigation:

• Bhai Lal
• Banwari Lal
• Gyanvati
• Vishuna Devi
• Kallu
• Jagdish
• darlings
• shivkumar
• Jagdai
• Nand Kishore
• Huge
• King

The District Magistrate has summoned all the records related to Sarojini Nagar and Sadar Tehsil for investigation and is preparing to issue notice to the accused officers soon.

Recovery not made in Kannauj even after 12 years

This is not the first time that a compensation scam has come to light on this expressway. Earlier, a similar big scam had taken place in Kannauj, where 146 people were wrongly arrested. Rs 5.86 crore Compensation was distributed. Even after 12 years, the government has not been able to recover that amount till date, because the beneficiaries went to the High Court and the matter is pending since then.