THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, June 25: Central probe agency ED on Tuesday issued notice to land scam accused Bishnu Agrawal to evict Pugru Land measuring area of 9.5 Acre within 10 days.
“This land has been attached by ED and the adjudicating authority has confirmed the attachment. ED will take possession of this land,” an ED source said.
Agarwal, the owner of Nucleus Mall, was arrested by the ED on July 19 last year for the alleged fraudulent sale of a one-acre plot in the upscale Cheshire Home Road area in Ranchi.
The Jharkhand High Court granted him bail in January this year.
The ED has provisionally attached three land parcels worth ₹161.64 crore in Ranchi owned by Vishnu Agrawal as part of its probe into the alleged land scam in Jharkhand.
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The three land parcels are situated at Cheshire Home Road, Pugru, and Siramtoli in the state capital.
According to the ED, “Besides, the Cheshire Home Road property and a 9.3-acre plot at Namkum, Agarwal, in connivance with the then Deputy Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan and others, also bought a 5.83-acre plot in Ranchi which has been in the possession of the Indian Army since 1949.”
These land parcels have been mutated fraudulently in favour of land mafias in connivance with the officers of the land revenue department.
The ED initiated an investigation into three land scam cases based on multiple FIRs registered by the Jharkhand Police and West Bengal Police against Pradip Bagchi, Vishnu Agarwal, Bhanu Pratap Prasad, and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).