PADUBIDRI : Padubidri police have been accused of abetting with a person who was

making a move to forcibly lay an approach road to his property, on the land belonging to

his neighbour.

Gulabi Poojarti, the rightful owner of the land at Bada Ermal has alleged that a neighbour

named Sarojini Shetty by colluding with a contractor Kishore Shetty, was forcibly laying

an approach road to their land, through her land. It is learnt, the labourers belong to them

began removing the plants in the area, despite opposition from the rightful owners of the

land.

The Padubidri police who finally arrived after a local influential person informed them,

asked the accused not to proceed with the works and summoned the two parties to

the station. However, it is said though Gulabi Shetty produced her land records, the

police who initially postponed the enquiry into the case for a few days after warning

the accused, later arrived at the spot and tried to project the complainants themselves

as the accused.Gulabi Shedti has also alleged that the police had threatened her and got

her consent to settle the case through talks after measuring the land as per the request of

the accused. She says Sarojini Shetty wanted to construct the approach road through her

(Gulabi) land illegally as she otherwise could not sell her land which does not have an

approach.

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