Sri Lanka, March 8 -- CPI(M) MLA Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami has questioned the allotment of land to Sri Lankan cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan in Kathua, during the ongoing budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Saturday.

He expressed concerns regarding the legal basis of the decision, although he did not specify the cricketer's name, Indian media reporter.

The cricketer in question is former Sri Lankan ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who has been allotted 206 kanals (about 25 acres) in Kathua to set up an INR 1,642-crore aluminium can manufacturing and beverages filling unit, according to a report on The Week.

The project is part of the new industrial policy introduced after abrogation of Article 370. His ...