In a case pertaining to the encroachment of a fringe of backwater at Chilavannur in Kochi, the Vigilance has finally filed the charge sheet against actor Jayasurya. The case was initially registered nearly six years ago.
The Special Investigation Team submitted the charge sheet before the Vigilance Court at Muvattupuzha on Tuesday. The development comes after a petition filed at the court by a Kalamassery native Girish Babu. The charge sheet has been framed against Jayasurya and three former Kochi Municipal Corporation officials.
In his petition, Babu had said that the actor constructed a compound wall and boat jetty by encroaching an area and secured an occupancy certificate for the same from Kochi corporation. It was alleged these constructions were made by encroaching upon unassessed public land, i.e., puramboke in local parlance and revenue department records.
The Kochi Coporation authorities facilitated the unauthorised construction of the boat jetty and compound wall on the backwater bank violating the Coastal Regulation Zone Act and Municipal Building Rules, stated the complaint filed by the petitioner.
After the petition was filed in 2013, the Kochi Corporation issued notices to Jayasurya in 2014, asking him to demolish and remove the unauthorized constructions within 14 days. Though the Kanayannur Taluk surveyor was entrusted with measuring the encroachment, the order was never implemented.