more-inThe police, acting on a court order, have registered a case against a Congress MLA and his four associates for allegedly grabbing the land of a 55-year-old tribal in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district. They were also booked under IPC sections, including 506 (B) (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 120 B (criminal conspiracy). According to Mr. Kanwar’s petition, Mr. Agrawal had purchased a piece of land in Chuiya village from Abdul Gaffar in 2010. Mr. Kanwar lodged a complaint with the police, but no action was taken, the petition said. Last November, Mr. Kanwar filed an application under Section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code in the court.

Source: The Hindu January 29, 2018 02:15 UTC