Now Reading: Bengaluru police book group for claiming KSTDC land
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Bengaluru police book group for claiming KSTDC land
Bengaluru police have registered a case against a group for allegedly claiming ownership of 124 acres of Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) land in Kodihalli. Deccan Herald reports that KSTDC official…
The Story in Brief
Bengaluru police have registered a case against a group for allegedly claiming ownership of 124 acres of Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) land in Kodihalli. Deccan Herald reports that KSTDC official Laxmikant Joshi complained the corporation holds the land under a Karnataka High Court order from February 2026. The accused put up a board on August 8 claiming a portion of the surveyed land, abused and threatened security personnel, and forced them to leave. Preliminary investigation shows the family had sold the same land years ago and now says 10 guntas belong to them.
The Indian Opinion
Every land dispute in Bengaluru produces a familiar script: one side waves a court order, the other puts up a board. The accused family here sold the land years ago but now claims 10 guntas of a 124-acre plot the High Court has already ruled on. That is not a genuine grievance, it is a test of whether the police will treat every such board as trespass, or let muscle power rewrite boundaries.
Source: deccanherald.com
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