Kerala government forms panel to investigate Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocesan 2007 land deal
The Hindu
The primary task of the inquiry team is to look into whether the September 2007 land sale in Kakkanad involved government or revenue land
The State government has constituted a committee, headed by land revenue assistant commissioner Beena P. Anand and comprising district registrar Eby George, Kochi city assistant police commissioner Vinod Pillai, revenue officials S. Jaya Kumaran, G. Balachandran Pillai, Shibu M. V. and M. Manoj, to investigate a land deal by the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church in September 2007.
Reportedly, the primary task of the inquiry team is to look into whether the September 2007 land sale in Kakkanad involved government or revenue land. Revenue Department sources did not confirm the details but said that the full scope of the inquiry was being discussed by the team. The inquiry is being instituted on the basis of an order of the High Court of Kerala.