The Congress-led government in Telangana headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday ordered a detailed inquiry by vigilance and enforcement department into the controversial IDPL lands, estimated to be worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore.
The decision follows a high-profile political spat involving Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA from Kukatpally Madhavaram Krishna Rao and Telangana Jagruthi party president and MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha, who exchanged serious allegations of land encroachment against each other.
The government has directed a comprehensive probe into developments surrounding Survey No. 376 in Kukatpally to ascertain the facts.
Kavitha had accused MLA Madhavaram Krishna Rao and his son of land grabbing, while the MLA countered with allegations against Kavitha’s husband, Anil.
Kavitha said the BRS MLA from Kukatpally, along with another MLC Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, who she alleged was KTR’s proxy, had built large villas and apartment complexes after converting industrial land into residential plots during the BRS tenure.
Kavitha levelled additional allegations of large-scale irregularities in the real-estate venture associated with Krishna Rao and his son.
She said that a 10-acre water body had been illegally reduced to 6 acres, with four acres encroached upon.
“Is that your ancestral property?” she asked, criticising that a protective wall was built around a community lake meant for public use.
She alleged that the BRS leaders had created a “KGF-style real-estate empire” by encroaching upon public land and manipulating land-use permissions.
The controversy has generated significant political heat, prompting the government to initiate a formal investigation into the alleged irregularities.
