CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Land mafia in Bihar now has evil eye on government lands. The spirits of land mafia are so high that now they are selling government lands also with the connivance of department officials. After selling government ponds in Darbhanga, now Bihar government's land is also being sold. These land mafias have started considering themselves above the law and are not hesitating to take the law in their hands and illegally occupy anyone's land.

The matter is related to Madhpur Mauja of Sadar region, where a big case of buying and selling of Bihar government's land has come to light. With the connivance of the government machinery, businessmen are selling government land at the rate of fifty lakh to one crore rupees per kattha. However, when the Land Reforms Deputy Collector Sadar came to know about this, he immediately put a stop on buying and selling by giving verbal orders.

In fact, the Bihar government has several acres of land in Anavad adjacent to Mauja Madhpur Engineering College NH 27 under Sadar Zone. Which is being sold by Kusum Kumari Devi. Whereas no old Khatian or Kewala is available in the name of her descendant. How did Kusum Kumari Devi become the owner of the said Bihar government land, this is a big question. Regarding this, the villagers have given an application to DM Darbhanga and demanded a high-level investigation. The applicant claims that the nexus of land mafia and government employee has played a game of occupying the entire land by citing the wrong BT Act.
On the other hand, Land Reforms Deputy Collector Sadar Sanjeet Kumar said that according to the documents in the preliminary investigation, this land appears to be of the Bihar government. At present, the purchase and sale of this site has been banned. Also, written orders will also be issued very soon. He said that the land related documents have been demanded from the Sadar Zone Officer and all the evidence is being assessed. If sources are to be believed, this government land which is about 11-12 acres, there might be involvement of a senior revenue official in the case of its grabbing. If a high-level impartial investigation is conducted by the Bihar government, then many top officials of the revenue department and big name businessmen may also come under the ambit of investigation. As per the information received, it was removed from the ban list about a year ago. After which the game of registry started. As per the online registry office report, 28 deeds have been done so far.