21-05-2025
No HC relief for duo under ED lens for selling 22 acres govt land to IAS, IPS officers
Hyderabad: Making it clear that the court is not in favour of granting any ex parte relief to people facing charges of misappropriating nearly 100 acres of govt/Bhoodan land in Rangareddy district, the
on Wednesday refused interim protection to one Munavar Khan and his mother who are under Enforcement Department (ED) scanner.
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The mother-son duo had approached the court seeking a stay on the ED case and also on possible arrests.
Khan is facing allegations of selling 50 acres govt land and 50 acres Bhoodan land in Nagaram village of Maheshwaram mandal in Rangareddy. Of this, it was alleged that about 22 acres were bought by bureaucrats alone. The case had come before the court following a petition accusing Khan of selling it as private patta land.
Last month, the ED had raided the house of Khan and seized Rs 13 lakh, foreign currency and 45 vintage cars. Later, it filed the case and issued summons to Khan.
Apprehending arrest, Khan and his mother approached the HC to quash the ED Case. His counsel requested the court to direct the ED to not take coercive steps as Khan was cooperating with the investigation.
However, Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda, presiding over a vacation court, said he will not pass any order without hearing the ED.
After directing the ED to file counters, the judge adjourned the case to June 10.
