Land allotment row: Police record VS’ statement

 Tuesday, December 27, 2011: The Vigilance team today recorded the statement of Opposition leader and CPM stalwart VS Achuthanandan in connection with the illegal allocation of land to his relative, T K Soman allegedly without following the rules.
The vigilance team headed by Kozhikode range SP Habeeb Rahman reached the cantonment house here and recorded Achuthanandan’s statement.
It is alleged that 2.33 acres of land in the northern Kasargod district was given to Soman, an ex-serviceman, at below the market value. The land was allotted in 2010, with a rider that it could not be sold for 25 years.