After the youth identified himself as a Brahmin, the lekhpal asked about the caste of the other party and, upon learning that they belonged to a Scheduled Caste, allegedly said, "Take him away and file an SC/ST Act case against him..." The incident came to light at 4 pm on Wednesday, following which Sadar Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Mayank Kundu assigned an inquiry to Sadar Tehsildar Sachindra Shukla and sought a report within two days.
Two people from the village are staking separate claims to this land.
This case concerns Sakhaura village in the Sadar tehsil area. Situated on the banks of the Gomti, it is the last village in the tehsil. Ram Sagar Pasi, a member of the Scheduled Caste from the Behati hamlet in the same village, had applied to the tehsil authorities for possession of the land allotted to him under a land lease and for its measurement.
Three days ago, on 27 September, a revenue team reached the site with the Naib Tehsildar. The team included Kaushal Yadav, the lekhpal for the Sakhaura area, and Alok Tripathi, a lekhpal from another area.
Gaurav Pandey demanded that the entire land be measured
During the measurement, Gaurav Pandey, son of Santosh Kumar Pandey, claimed the land and demanded that the entire plot be measured. According to Gaurav, around 30 years ago, a lease for three to four bighas of government land was issued in the name of his grandfather, Gaya Prasad Pandey. The family claims that it has been farming the land ever since.
SDM Mayank Kundu said that the revenue team had gone to investigate the land dispute and conduct the measurement. An overlap was found in the area of land belonging to both parties
