Forest Dept files case against Akali leader
Saturday, 11/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141011/punjab.htm#9
Ropar : The district forest department has filed a suit against senior Akali leader and former SAD youth president Kiranbir Singh Kang, accusing him of levelling hills in the nearby Khad Bathlor village. In a challan filed in an Anandpur Sahib court against Kang and another landowner Bakhshinderpal Singh Dhindsa, the department has alleged that they had violated the Punjab Land Preservation Act.
The court has fixed November 3 as the next date of hearing. When approached, Kang denied the allegations, claiming he had given the land on lease long ago. He said he was not aware of any lawsuit.
The forest department, in its report, said department officials had on September 15 noticed that a chunk of land in Bathlor Khad village of Nurpur Bedi had been levelled by digging hills. The land was owned by Kang and Dhindsa.
