Bangalore | PM's close aide TKA Nair caught in land row

Bangalore: One of the close advisors of the Prime Minister, TKA Nair was caught in a land row on Sunday. A story that appeared in the Hindu newspaper on Sunday morning claimed that the BEML Employees' Co-operative Society allotted plots to TKA Nair's niece and friend in south Bangalore at throwaway prices.

KS Periyaswamy, a stakeholder, claims that the Cooperative Society was put under pressure by BEML Chief VRS Natrajan to make these allotments.

Periyaswamy even wrote to the PMO and the President alleging that the allotments were made to ensure silence of the PMO on the Tatra Scam. Nair's niece and family friends later returned the plots in December 2010.

Periyaswamy said, "TKA Nair is one of the most corrupt officers in the country. He works in tandem with many political leaders and he is working in the PMO. I wrote to the President and the PM saying that Natarajan is involved in many scams and the nexus between Natarajan and Nair... they have worked on nearly 6000 files. For allotment of BEML sites, they should work in BEML for 5 years, be a resident of Karnataka for 10 years. So the land was allotted to complete strangers like Nair's people. Even if they have withdrawn their allotments, they are still guilty. CBI is made to sleep over all these charges because of Nair's influence. AK Antony is a helpless person. There are 40 other MoD officials who have plots thanks to Natarajan, this is a big scam. They are all selling the nation."

TKA Nair has issued a denial, saying, "To the best of my knowledge no irregularity or illegality was involved in the allotments. I have requested the PMO to obtain all the relevant facts of this matter through the Department of Defence Production."

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