Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh): Refuting the allegation of fraud by Opposition parties in purchasing land at an inflated price for the Ram temple premises, 'Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra' general secretary Champat Rai on Tuesday issued a clarification saying that the charges are 'misleading and motivated by political hatred'.
"Those who put allegations didn't bother to discuss with us. After deciding on the owner's right, we got the land contract made. Allegations are misleading, and people should not fall for them. They should cooperate in the timely completion of the temple. The cost of this land, compared to its area is Rs 1,423 per sq feet, which is less than the market value. To avoid any misuse of govt taxes, we decided on net banking transactions" Champat Rai said.
For the same land, agreements were made between different parties many times starting since 2011 but due to some reasons they never matured. Details of these agreements are given below.
- Nyas was interested in the purchase of this land but wanted first to finalise all the previous agreements so that ownership of the land may be cleared. About 9 individuals are involved in this deal for the last 10 years, in these 9 persons 3 are Muslims.
- All the individuals were contacted and negotiated. On receiving their consent, they all came and sat together to decide their previous agreements. As and when the previous agreements were finalised, the trust made the agreement with the final owners of the land with immediate effect without losing any time. It was done quickly but in a transparent manner.
- The firm decision of the trust is that all the financial dealings will be through banking channels (i.e online mode and no cheque no cash). Secondly, we have already purchased 3-4 plots including Mandirs, Ashrams and in future also we will do it.
- It is the decision of the trust that for each and every purchased temple/ashram/private property a piece of land of their own choice to be provided for rehabilitation and sufficient funds to be given for constructing their buildings. Everything is on record.
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Details of these agreements are as under;
I. On 04/03/2011 Mehfooz Alam, Javed Alam, Noor Alam, Firoz Alam: S/o Muhammad Alam resident of Barwari Tola Ayodhya, entered into an agreement with Kusum Pathak, Harish Pathak and Mohd Irfan (urf Nanhe Miyan) to sell gata number 242,243,244 and 246. The consideration amount agreed was Rs. 1 crore. The agreement was valid for 3 years. This agreement dated 04.03.2011 was canceled on 04.03.2014.
II. On 20/11/2017 Mehfooz Alam and three others above mentioned parties registered a sale deed to Kusum Pathak and her Husband Harish Pathak (same 4 gata numbers, total land 2.334 hectares). The consideration amount was Rs. 2 crores.
III. On 21/11/2017 Kusum Pathak and Harish Pathak entered into an agreement to sell the above 4 gatas to Ichchha Ram Singh, Jitendra Kumar Singh and Rakesh Kumar Singh. The consideration amount was Rs. 2.16 crores.
This agreement was canceled on 17/09/2019.
IV. On 17/09/2019 Another agreement was entered upon by Kusum Pathak and Harish Pathak to sell the above-mentioned land to Ichchha Ram Singh, Vishwa Pratap Upadhyay, Manish Kumar, Subedar, Balram Yadav, Ravindra Kumar Dubey, Sultan Ansari and Rashid Hussain. The amount of consideration was Rs. 2 crores and the validity of the agreement was 3 years.
This agreement was registered to be cancelled on 18/03/2021.
V. On 18/03/2021 Kusum Pathak and Harish Pathak sold land gata number 243, 244 and 246 area 1.2080 hectares by sale deed to Ravi Mohan Tiwari and Sultan Ansari S/o Irfan (urf Nanhe Miyan). The consideration amount was Rs. 2 crores, valuation at circle rate Rs. 5.80 crores, stamp paid for 5.80 crores Valuation.
VI. On the same day, above Ravi Mohan Tiwari and Sultan Ansari, entered into an agreement to sell this land to RJB Trust. The consideration amount agreed was Rs. 18.50 crores. Payment of Rs. 17 crores were made as advance by an online transaction.
