Ahobila Mutt officials hope row over encroachment will be resolved soon

Ahobila Mutt Nellore unit hopes the issue of encroachment of a chunk of land belonging to the Mutt, estimated to be worth ₹15 crore, will be resolved soon with the intervention of Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy.

The land measuring 1.8 acres in survey number 295 of Kanuparthipadu village, abutting the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway and falling under Nellore rural constituency limits, belonged to Sri Ahobila Mutt and had been cultivated by lessee farmers for long.

Learning of the issue, Mr. Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy assured to do justice to Ahobila Mutt. On Thursday when the Mutt’s representatives visited the site to erect a board in the presence of revenue officials, followers of the former MP reportedly manhandled them and pushed the board down. Some official documents in the possession of the Village Revenue Officer D.V. Ramanaiah were also snatched. The VRO lodged a complaint with Nellore Rural police station over the incident.

Mutt’s Nellore unit secretary K. C. Varadarajan on Friday (June 20), released a video through the social media, accusing former Member of Parliament Adala Prabhakar Reddy of trying to usurp the land, after promising to render justice for over 12 years.

“Mr. Prabhakar Reddy purchased the land from persons who fraudulently claimed it to be their ancestral property. However, after coming to know of the fact, he agreed to ‘do justice’ to the Mutt, but dragged his feet for 12 years,” Mr. Varadarajan told The Hindu. He also maintained that the culprits had tampered with the revenue records using forged documents.