In Mallammana Belavadi, a village in Belagavi District, Karnataka, a garage mechanic family has reportedly been boycotted by the local residents over a land dispute.
On Monday, Maktum Saab Hazrati filed a complaint at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, saying that gram panchayat president and some members have boycotted against his family for building a shed over a 1 gunta plot of land, that Hazrati claims to have legally purchased.
Maktum Saab Hazrati, alleged that the gram panchayat president and other members have demolished a garbage shed on the land. Futhermore, they have reportedly asked the villagers not to engage in any transactions with his family.
In his complaint to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Muktam Saab Hazrati stated that, “I bought a land from Adiveppa Munawalli. I have all the documents. But the gram panchayat president and the other members are falsely claiming that land belongs to the gram panchayat. Now we cannot buy food from the local shops in the village and no one brings their vehicle to my garage for repairing. We are being forced to leave the village. Local police have not helped us either.”