The district magistrate of Araria in northeast Bihar has ordered the freezing of 150 bank accounts of about 15 brokers following detection of irregularities in acquisition of land for a road project along India-Nepal border. “We have detected serious irregularities and all those involved in it will be brought to book,” Araria district magistrate Himanshu Sharma said. “The district administration is looking into papers of the land acquired for the border road, being constructed jointly by Union and state governments,” he added. “I was told that my land was being acquired for the construction of the strategic border road. “The scam may run into over Rs100 crore in Araria, where 104-km stretch of the border road is being constructed,” the officer, who did not wished to be quoted, said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 04, 2017 12:33 UTC