Andhra Pradesh: CID questions former CRDA commissioner

VIJAYAWADA: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) summoned former Capital Regional Development Authority (CRDA) commissioner Cherukuri Sreedhar for questioning in the Amaravati assigned lands issue on Friday.
Sources said officials are verifying land transactions between assigned land holders and have called upon some farmers within Mangalagiri constituency to record their statements. The CID registered an FIR on March 12 and issued summons to former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and former municipal administration minister P Narayana, accused of adopting fraudulent means to take over assigned lands. Based on a complaint by Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, the CID booked cases against Naidu and Narayana under relevant sections of IPC, SC/ST POA Act, 1989 and AP Assigned Lands (POT) Act, 1977.
On Wednesday, Ramakrishna Reddy appeared before the CID’s regional office in Vijayawada and made his submissions on the case. Reddy said he informed the CID of around 500 acres of assigned lands within Mangalagiri constituency being snatched after the erstwhile government issued a government order.