Dileep. Photo: D Cinemaas FB pageThiruvananthapuram: The Thrissur district collector has submitted a report to Kerala revenue minister E. Chandrasekharan stating that actor Dileep had encroached upon one acre of government land to build his multiplex, D-Cinemaas, Manorama News reported.
The minister confirmed that he got the collector's report but did not divulge the details. He said he would take action after a detailed inspection.
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Chalakudy municipality recommends VACB probe
On Monday, the Chalakudy municipal council sought a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) probe into the transaction of land on which actor Dileep had constructed a multiplex.
The one-acre plot where the D-Cinemaas stands has been at the center of a controversy after Dileep was arrested last week for plotting the sexual attack on an actress near Angamaly in February.
The sudden media glare has brought to light old allegations that the one-acre plot belonged to the government but it was split into eight by forging title deeds and Dileep bought all of them.
A minister was accused of lobbying with the then district collector to prepare a report favorable to Dileep.
Agriculture minister Sunil Kumar said on Sunday that Dileep bought the land during the term of the previous United Democratic Front government and it was wrong to point fingers at the Left Democratic Front government.
The Left Democratic Front-led council said the construction plan was approved in 2014 when the United Democratic Front was in power at the local body.
The Congress-led front, on the other hand, welcomed a VACB probe and said the approval was given by the LDF.
Dileep bought the land in 2006 and inaugurated the multiplex in 2014.
Thrissur district collector A. Kowsigan had asked the district survey superintendent to resurvey the land to find out if Dileep had encroached on government land.
The government had asked the collector to probe if the multiplex stood on government land. The administration had earlier submitted a report ruling out any encroachment.
Kowsigan said that he was perusing land records since 1956 to ascertain the veracity of the claims. The land belonged to the erstwhile royal family but it was transferred to the government later. Some parts of the land were released for the national highway.
He said that the complaints against the transactions arose during the term of his predecessor M.S. Jaya.
The ownership of the multiplex is also under the lens of a CBI team investigating the mysterious death of actor Kalabhavan Mani. The agency has received information that the multiplex was originally planned to be a joint venture between Mani and Dileep.
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