Dehradun, June 29 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 26 Jun: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided the house of PCS officer DP Singh on Rajpur Road, here. This action is linked to the NH-74 land compensation scam worth Rs 400 crore. The scam came to light in 2017 and involved many government officers and farmers.

According to reports, the ED team raided a total of nine locations. These included places in Dehradun and in Uttar Pradesh. In this scam, wrong compensation was given for land acquisition between 2011 and 2016. Land that was not agricultural was wrongly shown as farmland to claim more money.

The scam affected areas from Sitarganj to Haridwar. During the investigation, many officers and farmers were found guilty. DP Singh w...