CBI raids Bhupinder's house in connection with Gurugram scam

New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's residence was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday in connection with an alleged land scam in Gurugram.

The raids were carried out simultaneously at 30 premises on Friday in Haryana and Delhi-NCR. The premises of several retired and serving employees of the state town and country planning department were searched in a case of acquisition of land at Manesar in Gurgaon district in which farmers were allegedly cheated of Rs 1,500 crore.

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The Supreme Court had on November 1, 2017, ordered a CBI investigation into the acquisition process for 1,407 acre and subsequent release of 95% land.

The case is related to 1,407 acres in Gurgaon where the previous Congress government had issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act June 2, 2009 for acquiring the land of Nagli Umarpur, Tigra, Ullhawas, Kadarpur, Maidawas, Badshahpur, Behrampur and Ghata for the purpose of development of residential Sectors 58 to 63 and residential-commercial Sectors 65 to 67.

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The land acquisition collector finally passed the award only for 87 acres on December 22, 2011. Thus, there was release of about 95% of the notified land for acquisition. Taking the CBI investigation into consideration, the Supreme Court while hearing a petition had ordered a CBI probe into the acquisition and release process.

The SC said that any further comments will prejudice the investigation itself to be made by CBI regarding action of release of land in the instant case. As such, there should be CBI investigation and it may submit report to this court within a period of six months from today.

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