: A probe is underway to find out persons who mobilised and instigated a large crowd which encroached into 445 acre land at Miyapur, worth thousands of crores of rupees, and pelted stones on police The land, which is under the control of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), After the crowd pelted stones at police, they arrested Sangeetha and 13 others and served notices under Section 41(a) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). “Swamy Naik and Srinivas Naik from Nadigadda Thanda allegedly provoked people from their community by constructing a temple on the land,” said a source in the police department. However, HMDA officials claimed that Sangeetha, Swamy and Srinivas from Nadigadda Thanda were following instructions from land sharks, who were keen to encroach the land.
“A total of 16 parties are claiming the land. While 15 are associations, which include the ones from the real estate business, the one is a family. The cops need to find out the persons who mobilised this mob,” said a HMDA official.
The official said those arrested by the police cannot mobilise such a large crowd. “In addition to neighbouring districts of Hyderabad, people from Karnataka and Maharashtra were also present and the onus of catching hold of the ones behind this mob is with the police department,” he said. Verification with the officials of HMDA and Revenue department revealed that there was a planned attempt to encroach this land located in prime location.
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