Siddarth Sethia
Field security officer of Nandi Economic Corridor Enterprises Ltd. (NICE), has filed a complaint with the state police chief accusing the Byadarahalli police of shielding land grabbers by refusing to register an FIR in a case of alleged Aadhaar forgery and encroachment involving 79 acres of prime land in Kodigehalli village in Bengaluru North taluk.
C.A.Siddalngaiah,a retired police inspector now working as Field Security Officer with Nandi Economic Corridor Enterprises Ltd. (NICE),submitted a representation to the Director General and Inspector General of Police, alleging gross dereliction of duty by local police.
According to the complaint,land in Survey No.86 was lawfully transferred to NICE by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for the Bengaluru–Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) through a government order issued in 1999, followed by a possession certificate in 2000 and a registered lease deed in 2002.
However, accused persons identified as K.V.Chandran, M.P. Devaraj,M.S.Prasad, M.S.Divya and Krishne Gowda, allegedly fabricated ownership documents using a forged Aadhaar card and bogus land grant records dating back to 1954–55.
The complaint points out that one of the claimants, Chandran,was not even born at the time the grant was supposedly made.
In 2010,Special Deputy Commissioner Ramamjaneya had already declared such grants bogus,citing alterations and insertions in land registers.
Despite this, in 2025,Special DC Vasanti Amar allegedly legitimised the forged records by passing an order in favour of the land grabbers,Siddalngaiah stated.
He further said that though he lodged a complaint on September 11 with Byadarahalli police—submitting forged Aadhaar details, genuine date of birth records, GPA and sale agreement documents, along with video proof of trespass—the police failed to register an FIR and issued only an endorsement.
“This refusal to act on a cognizable offence amounts to deliberate shielding of offenders,”Siddalngaiah alleged in his letter to the state police chief.
He further urged the state police chief to,Direct Byadarahalli Police to file an FIR under the Aadhaar Act, IPC/BNS,and other laws, .
Initiate departmental inquiry against officers for not acting on the complaint,Provide police protection to NICE to prevent further trespass and intimidation,Refer the case to the CBI for an independent probe into the alleged nexus between the land mafia and police officers. and ensure accountability of officers accused of colluding to suppress the case.
The complaint also included video evidence of trespass incidents and a copy of the recent police endorsement dated September 11, 2025.“
This is a serious matter of forgery, land grabbing, and collusion, requiring urgent and impartial investigation,” Pasha said in his representation, the complainant, said .
Despite the matter was referred to the authorities concerned the police are yet to register a case despite repeated attempts .
