DMK functionary, Sub-Registrar among six booked for alleged land fraud in Srirangam

The Tiruchi City Crime Branch (CCB) has launched an investigation after registering a case against a DMK functionary, a Sub-Registrar, and four other private individuals in connection with an alleged case of cheating and land fraud involving a portion of land that belongs to the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam during 2022-23.

The charges against the six accused are that they entered into a criminal conspiracy to commit the alleged crime, which led to the temple land being registered illegally in the name of N. Ramkumar, the DMK’s Srirangam area secretary, by using forged documents. The six accused had allegedly committed the crime fully aware that the land belonged to the temple.

The case was registered on September 13 by the CCB, which was acting on a complaint lodged by the temple’s Joint Commissioner/Executive Officer S. Sivaramkumar.