Shimla, March 30 -- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has intensified its attack over the alleged Chester Hills land scam in Solan, demanding the immediate removal of Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta and constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the matter.
Addressing a press conference here, CPI(M) leaders alleged that nearly 275 bighas of land-valued at hundreds of crores-were involved in the project, and termed it a "major land scam" with possible links to a wider network of land and real estate mafias in the state.
Party leaders, including Sanjay Chauhan and Rakesh Singha, alleged that a nexus of bureaucrats, politicians, contractors and real estate developers is facilitating illegal land transactio...