Ex.Minister RAJA forced a farmer to sell the land?

erambalur (Tamil Nadu):  Seems like A Raja is the new controversy's child. Even as the heat over the 2G spectrum scam refuses to die, down South in Tamil Nadu's Perambalur, Raja has landed in some more trouble. Villagers of from his hometown are accusing Raja and his aides of land grabbing and threatening them.

It is for a new factory by MRF, Green House promoters, in which former Telecom Minister A Raja's wife was a director. It is believed that Raja acquired more than 400 acres of land by allegedly threatening villagers to sell or face acquisition by the Government. Later, he sold the land to the tyre company for a hefty sum of money.

Senthil, a farmer and believed to be one of the victims, claims that when he refused to part with his three acre land he was put behind the bars on false charges.

"They paid us  Rs. 65000 to three lakh per acre but they sold it to MRF at a price range of 15 to 18 lakh per acre," said Senthil.