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State begins process to recover government land in Salboni scam
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News18•12-10-2026, 15:47
State begins process to recover government land in Salboni scam
- •The state government has initiated the process of taking back government land involved in the Salboni land scam.
- •Officials from the CID and the Land and Land Revenue Department visited Salboni to take the identified land into custody.
- •Government possession boards were installed within the premises of a petrol pump and a hotel built on the disputed land.
- •Allegations surfaced that hundreds of acres of government land were sold after altering classifications and forging documents.
- •The CID has arrested six individuals in connection with the case, including Sumit Roy, personal assistant of Abhishek Banerjee.
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Officials from the CID and the Land and Land Revenue Department reached Salboni to take identified government land back into custody and installed government possession boards within a petrol pump and hotel premises.
As of September 15, six people have been arrested in the case, including Sumit Roy (personal assistant to Abhishek Banerjee), Nitya Roy, Lakshmi Bhuiyan, and former TMC MLA Sujoy Hazra.
Investigators allege that hundreds of acres of government land were illegally sold after altering their land classification and creating forged documents, involving crores of rupees in embezzlement.
