Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Feb 6: DCP (law and order) Hariram Shankar, Mangaluru North MLA Dr Bharath Y Shetty along with tahsildar and revenue officers on Sunday February 6 visited Panjimogaru ground over the alleged razing of prayer center building run by St Antony Church of Kulur.
Mangaluru MLA Dr Bharath Shetty told reporters, "It is clear that the land belonging to the government was allotted to anganwadi by women and child welfare department in the year 2005, and this has been mentioned in the RTC. There is a triangle shaped land adjacent to government land. This is a converted land and belongs to those who made claims about the stay order. There is nothing to get confused over the land dispute here."
"Rs 16 lac has already been sanctioned for the anganwadi. A few months back foundation stone laying ceremony was expected to take place but was postponed," said the MLA.
DCP Hariram Shankar said, "We will look into whether the building has been razed by the department or by others. We are probing the matter."
Mangaluru tahsildar Purandhar Hegde ruled out communal angle to the land dispute issue. "Some people are trying to create controversy out of this issue. The land belongs to the government and was allotted to the anganwadi in the year 2005 and the building which was demolished was old. Some people have razed the building. If the department has not razed the building, then action will be taken against those responsible. Police are probing the matter."
It is alleged that Shri Satya Korddabbu Seva Samithi, violating the stay order from the court, entered the compound of the prayer center and demolished the building, compound wall, and trees. A complaint was filed by St Anthony Holy Cross Building committee president Antony Prakash Lobo, Cyprian D'Souza, Francis Pinto, and Valerian Lobo against Shri Satya Korddabbu Seva Samithi in Kavoor police station in this regard.