TDP MLA Peela Govind Booked Over Vizag Land Grab 

Visakhapatnam: TDP MLA Peela Govind and 11 others were booked on Friday in connection with the sensational Vizag land scam. The Anakapalle MLA was booked after Tehsildar Easwar Rao lodged a complaint against them after receiving the details from the SIT on his alleged involvement in the land grab.

As per reports, Govind and the other members have grabbed 95.89 acres of government land by tampering the land records in the revenue department. The complaint comes close on the heels after two women filed a case on Govind and his aides. The woman Sheikh Adambi alleged that she and her daughter were threatened by the MLA's aides to leave their lands.

Govind and the other members have grabbed 95.89 acres of government land by tampering the land records in the revenue department

The land scam has kicked up a storm with allegations of encroachment of more than 1,000 acres of land and over 100 complaints in the district. On July 11, the SIT formed a team and started probing on the scandalous issue.