Hyderabad, June 13 -- Telangana endowments minister Konda Surekha has issued a stern warning that the government will not hesitate to invoke the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against those who illegally occupy lands belonging to temples under the endowments department.

On Thursday, June 12, she made a surprise inspection of lands in survey numbers 33/8, 33/9 and 33/10 in Chengicherla of the Boduppal Municipal Corporation, where complaints were made that 30.23 acres of temple lands were being encroached upon by certain land grabbers since 2022.

"Based on the information given by local leader Vajresh Yadav, we initiated an inquiry. The HYDRA authorities have already completed the survey, and the results confirm that the land belongs to th...