Noida: Ex-YEIDA CEO booked again

  • | Sunday | 17th March, 2019

GREATER NOIDA: As many as 11 former Yamuna Authority officials, including ex-CEO P C Gupta, 13 other people and entities common to the Rs 126 crore land scam, have been booked in another land fraud. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Gajendra Singh, YEIDA inspector.As per the complaint lodged by YEIDA, the irregularities that are evident in the land purchase include the fact that while the purpose of purchasing the land was cited as usage of the same for developing 7% abadi land in lieu of 42.2924 hectares acquired by the Authority in the village. This alleged second scam is estimated to be of Rs 24 crore.However, the total number of accused in the scam is 29, with the other five including two banks, Mahamedha UrbanCooperative Bank Noida and Noida Commercial Bank Ltd, two companies, Parsaul Agritech Pvt Ltd and ANG Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, and the finance department’s accountant.Gupta is currently in judicial custody since his arrest from Madhya Pradesh last year for allegedly acquiring 57.1 hectares of land at an inflated rate from relatives and acquaintances though the land actually had no utility. Several others involved in the previous scam are also behind bars.The latest scam — orchestrated by the ‘P C Gupta gang’ in a modus operandi similar to the previous land fraud case — was unearthed after current YEIDA chairman Prabhat Kumar initiated an inquiry into the purchase deals of 14.5 hectares in Midhawali village of Hathras district in 2014.Following the inquiry by GM (planning) of YEIDA, the Kasna police station recently lodged an FIR against as many as 24 accused persons/entities out of which, many names figure in the Rs 126 crore land scam case.

GREATER NOIDA: As many as 11 former Yamuna Authority officials, including ex-CEO P C Gupta, 13 other people and entities common to the Rs 126 crore land scam, have been booked in another land fraud. This alleged second scam is estimated to be of Rs 24 crore.However, the total number of accused in the scam is 29, with the other five including two banks, Mahamedha UrbanCooperative Bank Noida and Noida Commercial Bank Ltd, two companies, Parsaul Agritech Pvt Ltd and ANG Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, and the finance department’s accountant.Gupta is currently in judicial custody since his arrest from Madhya Pradesh last year for allegedly acquiring 57.1 hectares of land at an inflated rate from relatives and acquaintances though the land actually had no utility. Several others involved in the previous scam are also behind bars.The latest scam — orchestrated by the ‘P C Gupta gang’ in a modus operandi similar to the previous land fraud case — was unearthed after current YEIDA chairman Prabhat Kumar initiated an inquiry into the purchase deals of 14.5 hectares in Midhawali village of Hathras district in 2014.Following the inquiry by GM (planning) of YEIDA, the Kasna police station recently lodged an FIR against as many as 24 accused persons/entities out of which, many names figure in the Rs 126 crore land scam case. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Gajendra Singh, YEIDA inspector.As per the complaint lodged by YEIDA, the irregularities that are evident in the land purchase include the fact that while the purpose of purchasing the land was cited as usage of the same for developing 7% abadi land in lieu of 42.2924 hectares acquired by the Authority in the village.

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