K. N. Nehru

K. N. Nehru is the Former minister for Transport in Tamil Nadu state of India. He was born in Neikulam on 09-November-1952. He has finished his school education. He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly three times, twice from Lalgudi constituency and once from Tiruchy II constituency- which has changed to Trichy West He is currently residing at Trichy

He has been known to be associated with illegal Sand quarrying and has been known to have benefited terribly from that. Recently in the run up before assembly elections, the Election Commission officials retrieved close to 50 million Rupees from one of the buses owned by KN.Nehru's relatives. KN. Nehru was Transport Minister of the state administration then. He of course conveniently rejected the charges.

Land Grabbing Charges & Arrest

Mr. K.N.Nehru was arrested on 25 August 2011 on the charge of forcibly acquiring a piece of land from a doctor for building the party's district office in Tiruchi.They were arrested by the City Crime Branch based on a complaint filed by a medical practitioner of Thuraiyur near Tiruchi, alleging that 13,920 square feet (1,293 m²) of land held by his family was illegally encroached upon and later taken over by Mr. Nehru an LOOSEructing the party office, Kalaignar Arivalayam, near the Chathram Bus Stand in the city.

Kalaignar Arivalayam was declared open by former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in September 2008. The building is spread over about 56,000 square feet (5,200 m²) of land and the value of the portion of land held by the doctor's family was allegedly estimated at Rs. 100 million.

The land, the doctor alleged in his complaint, was illegally encroached upon during December 2006 by some persons on the instructions of Mr. Nehru. Subsequently, he, his wife and father were forcibly taken to the office of Mr. Nehru at Thillai Nagar by Mr. Anbazhagan and others. They were allegedly threatened there by Mr. Nehru, his brother K.N. Ramajeyam, Anbil Periyasamy, Anbazhagan and Kudamuritti Sekar, a party functionary.

The doctor claimed he was also assaulted on the occasion, resulting in his teeth being broken. He was forced to sign an unregistered agreement for the "sale" of his land to the DMK. Though an "advance" of Rs. 4 million was given to him, the money was robbed by DMK men when he was returning home.

On 7 September 2007, he was "taken" to Mr. Nehru's office again when he and his wife were made to sign a sale deed in favour of the former Minister, on behalf of the party. The deed was registered without paying any compensation, it was alleged.

Police said Mr. Nehru and others were picked up after a preliminary investigation. Mr. Nehru was picked up by a police team from his house at Thillai Nagar in the city in a swift early morning operation and taken to the Armed Reserve Community Centre. He was held there for about a couple of hours before being produced before the Judicial Magistrate IV Pushparani at her house. He along with Mr.Periyasamy were remanded to custody till 8 September. They were later sent to the Cuddalore Central Prison.

As the news spread, a sizeable gathering of DMK supporters raised slogans against the government for foisting cases at the Armed Reserve Complex and also at the Magistrate's house. They also attempted to block the police vehicle in which Mr. Nehru was being taken. Mr. Nehru stepped down from the vehicle to pacify the party men.

Four other accused, Mr. Anbazhagan, Mr. Kudamuritti Sekar, Sheriff and Mamundi were taken into custody later. A. Soundarapandian, sitting DMK MLA representing Lalgudi, Mr. Ramajeyam, Tamilmaran and Tamilselvan are the others cited as accused in the case.

A case has been registered under Sections 147 (rioting); 447 (criminal trespass); 363 (kidnapping); 342 (wrongful confinement); 325 (causing grievous hurt); 387 (causing fear of death or grievous hurt in order to commit extortion); 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) and 392 (robbery) read with 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

He lost in 2011 assembly election and then came bi election also he lost.