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Patna,(BiharTimes): A retired engineer, Mathura Singh, and his family have been living under threat for the last five days as a ‘powerful’ builder Anil Singh has allegedly threatened him over phone of dire consequences. He and his family members have confined themselves to their Raja Bazar residence since then. Anil has reportedly threatened him to vacate his 5.75 cottahs of land at CDA Colony. He also asked Mathura to pay Rs 25 lakh. |
According to reports the police failed to provide him protection notwithstanding the fact that Mathura lodged a complaint with the local police station and his eldest son Rakesh Bhushan contacted Senior Superintendent of Police Alok Kumar and city Superintendent of Police (West) Upendra Kumar Sharma and informed them about the call. Both directed Mathura to lodge an FIR at Shastri Nagar police station, which he did on December 22.
Sixty-five years old Mathura lives with his wife, two sons, a daughter and a daughter-in-law.
“On December 21, I received a call around 11.30 pm from an unknown number (8002701389). The caller identified himself as Anil Singh. He asked me to vacate my land at CDA Colony in Sheikhpura and pay Rs 25 lakh,” he was quoted in The Telegraph.
But when reporter of the daily tried calling the number from which Mathura received the call, it was unreachable.
Mathura said that the caller not only asked him to vacate the land and pay Rs 25 lakh but also threatened that if he tried to inform the police he would face dire consequences. Anil also told him that he had thousands of people who could do anything if he ordered. Anil said he also has connections in the police and in the government.
Reports said that the estimated value of his land is more than Rs 1.5 crore. Builders in the city are eyeing the land as the price of real estate in the capital has increased manifold in the recent past.
One cottah of land in Raja Bazaar is priced something between Rs 30 and 35 lakh.
Some police officers of Shastri Nagar police station asked Mathura to settle the case with Anil, claiming that he was powerful.
Reports said that in 1994, Mathura’s father-in-law handed over the land to him and legal papers were made. But around one-and-a-half years ago, Mathura’s brother-in-law Dhananjay Singh illegally gave the plot’s power of attorney to Anil, to which Mathura opposed and even moved the court. In April 2011, Anil sold the land to another builder, M/s Take Construction Private Limited, illegally.
In July, the court of deputy collector, land reforms, directed the district administration and police to vacate Mathura’s land within 30 days. But neither the police nor the district administration took any initiative to vacate it.
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