In addition to the SC/ST (prevention of atrocities), Section 7 of the ap Assigned Lands (prohibition of transfer) Act, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, the arrested were charged under a number of sections of the indian Penal Code, including 409, 420, 506, and 120 (B). According to the CID, Narayana, who was serving as the department's minister at the time, coordinated the unlawful acquisition of land via benami transactions involving his friends and family. According to the police, a financial trail totaling Rs 15 crores may be traced back to organisations linked to Ponguru Narayana and his family. They relate to the cheap acquisition of the designated lands from Amaravati's SC/ST/BC farmers.
According to the CID, there is overall suspicion of illicit activity involving the 1100 acres of allotted land in Amaravati. In this situation, 169.27 acres of land are being looked into. Through their soldiers and the revenue officials, it was said that Narayana and others planned to instil a sense of unease in the minds of trusting peasants who were in possession of their allocated lands or encroachers/occupants of the government lands, particularly the SCs and BCs.
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