Gardeners become kings, Ramalinga raju grace
Hyderabad: It seems that there is no end to the controversies surrounding disgraced Satyam Head Ramalinga Raju. Many gardeners, truck drivers and others, who worked in mango gardens and orchards owned by Raju brothers, have been found to possess more than 50 acres worth crores of rupees. These are workers who earn a small salary of Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 5,000 a month.
In addition, these workers were also made directors of several fictitious companies floated by Raju, reports Economic Times. These lands are mainly situated in a single village called Loyapalli of Ibrahimpatnam mandal in Ranga Reddy district. Records with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) reveal that the Raju brothers had purchased around 4,200 acres of land in this village in 2006.
Though official records indicate that the entire land was purchased for only Rs. 30 crore, its actual price is much more and its present value is not less than Rs. 4,200 crore at the rate of Rs. 1 crore per acre. Till now, The ED has attached 312 properties acquired by the Raju brothers allegedly with the Satyam scam money.
For instance, in 2006 a 54 acre plot in Loyapalli village was purchased for Rs. 36 lakh and was registered in the name of Suryanarayana Raju, a gardener working in the mango orchards of Raju brothers at a monthly salary of Rs. 5,000. When the ED officials enquired the gardener on his source of income, he revealed that the land was purchased by the Raju brothers through SRSR Holdings Company and the sale deeds and other papers were also lying with them.
The same is the case with K Venkatapathi Raju, another gardener in whose name 54 acres were purchased and M V Suryanarayana Raju, a garden supervisor whose name was used for registering a 56-acre land. Likewise, SV Samba Murthy Raju, a truck driver working with the Rajus has 53 acres of land registered against his name. Samba Murthy Raju was also made Director of two companies, Sahayadri Green Lands Company and Devagarbha Agros. The EDs Hyderabad Zone authorities had attached all these properties.
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