The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption registered criminal cases against six individuals, including a prominent regional DMK party functionary and two sub-registrars, over the fraudulent alienation of prime endowment properties belonging to the famed Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam. The disputed acreage holds an estimated commercial market valuation exceeding fifty crore rupees.
Investigators discovered that the accused forged revenue settlement pattas, fabricated ancient partition deeds, and bribed land registry officials to execute illicit sale deeds in favor of private real estate developers. Temple protection activists had repeatedly petitioned the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department after noticing unauthorized boundary fencing and commercial grading across protected temple agricultural parcels.
Anti-corruption officers seized incriminating registration logs, forged rubber stamps, and unauthorized property deeds during coordinated raids across Tiruchirappalli and Chennai. The state government announced the suspension of the implicated registration personnel and initiated legal proceedings under revenue laws to restore official title to the temple administration.
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