VARANASI: A huge plot on prime land at Mahmoorganj, Sigra, worth over Rs 240 crore, belonging to Sri Kasi Nattukottai Nagara Satram (SKNNS) - a Tamil Nadu-based organisation offering 'Bhog-Prasad' at the Kashi Vishwanath temple for the last 209 years - was freed by police from land mafia on Sunday. The mafia had started encroachment in 2003 by constructing a wall blocking entry of SKNNS workers.
Commissioner of police A Satish Ganesh said a delegation of SKNNS office-bearers had complained about the encroached. A team, led by additional deputy police commissioner, Varuna zone, Aditya Lange, went to the site in Mahmoorganj and ensured removal of the wall. The door leading to the land was opened and police officials handed over the land to SKNNS authorities.
