Hyderabad: HYDRAA commissioner A.V. Ranganath got involved in an argument with a lawyer, Mukheem, over an alleged encroachment at Ameenpur on Friday, while visiting Ilapur and Chakrapuri Colony.The commissioner was visiting Ameenpur based on several complaints the agency had received directly as well as during its Prajavani sessions.At Ilapur, Mukheem questioned Ranganath’s presence stating that there was a Supreme Court case regarding the land. Ranganath told him, “don’t overact and speak with half knowledge.”Mukheem argued saying “You violated all the rules by being here. How can you come here when the title is under dispute at the Supreme Court,” to which Ranganath asked him “not to act smart and threaten people.”Mukheem alleged that the land was registered in his name in 1986. After the heated back-and-forth, police personnel and locals stepped in to calm tempers.HYDRAA stated later in a press release that the members of the Ilapur Rajagopal Nagar Association had complained to the agency that Mukheem had encroached on the land which the complainants had bought in the 1980s.The agency said that nearly 5,000 people purchased land in Ilapur in 1980’s. Back then, the authorities said that the land belonged to the government. Landowners and people challenged it in Court.While the court case was pending, complainants stated, Mukheem allegedly encroached on the land and began selling portions of the property. Following this, the residents complained to the HYDRAA.Ranganath assured residents that their concerns would be thoroughly examined. “We will check court orders related to the Ilapur layout and identify the rightful owners. There is no need to worry,” Ranganath told the residents at Ilapur.He stated that a transparent survey
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