Vijayawada, Jul 4 : The ruling YSRCP MLA Alla Rama Krishna Reddy has submitted a video related to Amaravati capital region ‘land scam’ to CID officials and demanded a comprehensive inquiry to bring the facts behind the alienation of assigned lands.

Speaking to the media at the party central office here on Sunday, the MLA alleged that TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and his coterie threatened Dalits and forcibly acquired lands in Amaravati region and also released a ‘video evidence’ in this regard.

“Telugu Desam Party Chief and former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, former Municipal Administration Minister Narayana and former minister Pathipati Pulla Rao were indulged in real estate business by taking away lands of Dalits forcibly at nominal prices with the help of some officials,” the ruling party MLA alleged.

The MLA said the details of assigned lands were tipped off to real estate businessmen in prior and TDP leaders along with them have forcibly taken away the lands from Dalits to benefit Naidu’s benamis and close associates.

“The erstwhile Naidu-led previous government had announced the capital region after these lands were acquired by TDP bigshots and real estate businessmen and said some senior IAS officials were also involved in the scam,” he lashed out.

The MLA claimed that the mastermind of this massive land scam is former IAS officer Sambasiva Rao and the key IAS officials involved in the scam were Kona Shashidhar, Kantilal Dhande, Cherukuri Sridhar and some other revenue officials.

Mr Ramakrishna Reddy alleged that it could be clearly seen in the video released, how Bhumi Putra real estate Brahmananda Reddy cheating Dalit farmers by misleading them that they won’t get any package if government acquired the lands and added that there are many people like him.

He reminded that the lands of Dalits could not be bought and demanded the CID officials to conduct an in-depth investigation in this alleged scam and arrest the responsible. The MLA also urged Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to give back the assigned lands to Dalits in Amaravati region.(UNI)