Illegal Land Leasing

Police arrested the principal of a school near Ahmedabad in Gujarat for violating government norms while leasing out land to controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda for his ashram.

A plot of land in Amethi that is at the centre of a row between BJP and Congress was "illegally" transferred in the name of a bicycle company that had taken it on lease from UP government and later sold to a trust owned by the Gandhi family, a senior official said on Monday.

West Bengal Sports Minister Madan Mitra on Wednesday alleged that gold medal winning athlete Pinki Pramanik was involved in a land scam as she had illegally sold a plot leased to her by the state government free of cost. But the former athlete denied any wrongdoing.

Police arrested the principal of a school near Ahmedabad in Gujarat for violating government norms while leasing out land to controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda for his ashram.

A plot of land in Amethi that is at the centre of a row between BJP and Congress was "illegally" transferred in the name of a bicycle company that had taken it on lease from UP government and later sold to a trust owned by the Gandhi family, a senior official said on Monday.

West Bengal Sports Minister Madan Mitra on Wednesday alleged that gold medal winning athlete Pinki Pramanik was involved in a land scam as she had illegally sold a plot leased to her by the state government free of cost. But the former athlete denied any wrongdoing.