Prateek Chauhan. Raipur. The Department of Economic Offenses Investigation (EOW) has taken a major action and arrested 4 accused on charges of disturbing the Bharatmala project in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. In this case, EOW had raided 16 places a day before, ie on Friday 26 April and many important documents and electronic equipment were seized.
Explain that during the raid of EOW, about 16 officers of Revenue Department including SDM, Tehsildar, Patwari and RI were raided. This action was also taken in Naya Raipur, Abhanpur, Durg Bhilai, Arang, Bilaspur and other districts of the state. Documents and equipment seized from officers’ locations may prove to be important for investigation in case. EOW is investigating this entire case deeply and the arrested accused are being interrogated.
EOW’s Red Amarjeet Singh Gill of EOW- Housing Board Colony Durg Harjit Singh Khanuja- Contractor, House No. 118 Law Vishtha Society, Kachana Raipur Jitendra Kumar Sahu-Patwari, Abhanshpur Dinesh Kumar Sahu-Patwari, Mana Raipur Nirbhay Kumar Sahu-SDM, Atalnagar, Nawanpur, including Atalnagar, Atalnagar, Nawanpur’s Haumed Singh Khani, Nawa Raipur’s Haumed Singh Khani Contractor, Mahasamund Yogesh Kumar Dewangan- Bhoomi Dalal, Ashwani Nagar, Raipur Basanti Ghritalhra- Abhanpur Amarjeet Singh Gill- Bank Employees ICICI Bank, Housing Board Colony, Durg Roshan Lal Verma-Ri, Kachana Raipur Vijay Jain- Business, Golbazar Shop and Tagore Nagar home Raipur Uma Tiwari- Telibandha Gurudh Ghat, Raipur Dashmesh Gurdwara, Raipur Prasad, Raipur Prasad, Raipur Prasad, Raipur Lakheshwar Prasad Kiran- Tehsildar, Katghora and Bilaspur’s home Shashikant Kurre- Tehsildar, Mana Basti and Abhanpur Lekhram Dewangan- Patwari, Housing Board Colony Sejbahar Raipur
Let me tell you, all of them are accused that they fake compensation in the name of 6-6 people on 1-1 land authorized under the Bharatmala project and have embezzled crores of rupees.
Possibility of corruption of 220 crores
Initially it was revealed that some government officials, land mafia and influential people fought a compensation of about Rs 43 crore in a fake way. But in a detailed investigation, this figure has reached more than Rs 220 crore. So far, the investigating agency has also got a record of suspected transactions worth Rs 164 crore. In view of the seriousness of the case, Leader of Opposition Charandas Mahant has written a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on 6 March demanding a CBI inquiry.
Charandas Mahant also raised the issue in the assembly budget session 2025 regarding this scam. After this, it was decided to hand over the investigation of this case to EOW in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai. Now EOW has further intensified the investigation of the entire case.
What is the compensation scam of Bharatmala Project? 950 km from the capital Raipur to Visakhapatnam under the Bharatmala Project in Chhattisgarh. Road is being constructed. In this project, Fourlane road from Raipur to Visakhapatnam and six lane road from Durg to Arang is proposed to be built. The government has acquired the land of many farmers for the construction of this road. In lieu of this, they have to be compensated, but many farmers still have not received compensation. On the second day of the Assembly Budget Session 2025, the issue was raised by Leader of Opposition Charan Das Mahant, after which a decision was taken to investigate the matter.
Land acquisition rules
Under the Land Acquisition Rules 2013, if the land worth 5 lakh is taken from the beneficiary, then apart from that price, the same amount i.e. 5 lakh rupees will also be given in the form of soles. In this way, he will be given 10 lakh compensation for that land.
Under this, if the land of 5 lakhs is acquired, then it will get 10 lakh rupees and 10 lakh rupees will be solasium. In this way, the beneficiary will get 20 lakh rupees of the same land.
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