Farmers were told they would have to sell out or the government would acquire the land at even lower rates. Private parties paid them Rs 100 crore for land worth Rs 1600 crore. "...CBI carried out searches at 20 locations in Rohtak, Gurgaon, Panchkula and Delhi in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of land from farmers in Gurgaon,” CBI Spokesperson R.K. Gaur said. After that, all the land had allegedly been grabbed from the landowners by private builders under the threat of acquisition at meagre rates, CBI had said after registration of the case. It was alleged that a loss of Rs 1,500 crore was caused to the landowners of village Manesar, Naurangpur and Lakhnoula of Gurgaon.

Source: The Telegraph September 03, 2016 08:15 UTC