ED questions former RDO over illegal transfer of Bhoodan lands

HYDERABAD: Continuing its investigation into the allegations of illegal transfer of Bhoodan land, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday questioned former RDO and DRO Venkata Chari.

ED sources revealed that the sleuths questioned Venkata Chari regarding changes made to the land records and the basis for the changes in an attempt to identify the mastermind behind the alleged fraud. The sources disclosed that the officials questioned him about who instructed him to change the land records in Dharani portal and asked if money transactions were done behind the scene.

The agency had in the last week of October questioned former Rangareddy collector and IAS officer D Amoy Kumar regarding the transfer of Bhoodan land to verify if any money was laundered.