The Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (AP-CID), the investigating agency in the Amaravati assigned land case, has alleged that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, then Minister for MA&UD P. Narayana, other former Ministers and their benamis, with an intention to grab the assigned lands in the capital city area from the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Backward Classes (BCs), had put them under the impression that the assigned lands would be taken away by the government under the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) without giving any package and had purchased the lands at cheaper prices.
The AP-CID has estimated the value of 1,400 acres of assigned lands involved in the offence to be approximately ₹5,600 crore.
A case registered under the Sections 166, 167, 217, 120 (B) of IPC read with Section 34, 35, 36, 37 of IPC, Sec.3 (1) (f) & (g) of SCs/STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Section 7 of A.P. Assigned Land (POT) Act, 1977 at the CID Police Station at Mangalagiri is being investigated.
