Taking a serious note of land sharks managing to get prime government lands transferred to them with the help of fabricated documents, in collusion with officials, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday announced the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to verify the authenticity of documents in recent cases of transfer of government lands to individuals.
“Criminal cases will be booked against those who have got government land transferred to their names and officials if the documents are found to be not genuine,” the Chief Minister told the Legislative Assembly, while responding to the menace of land sharks raised by JD (S) member A.T. Ramaswamy. Among others, the SIT would comprise Principal Secretary to the Revenue Department.
