The state government has transferred three officers of Chitrakoot, who were pursuing a case of stamp duty evasion, amounting to about Rs 40 lakh, against BSP parliamentarian from Phulpur Kapil Muni Karvariya.

Karvariya had bought a cinema hall in Rajapur and had allegedly registered it as an agricultural property.

O P Singh, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Registration at Chitrakoot, who initially detected the evasion and is one of the three transferred officers, has even alleged a threat to his life from the parliamentarian and has demanded security.

Besides Singh, those transferred are Additional District Magistrate (Finance) Permanand Tiwari, who was hearing the case of alleged tax evasion and District Magistrate Hridesh Kumar, who is learnt to have refused to accept Karvariya’s demand to decide the matter in his favour.

Karvariya denied he had threatened Singh. As for the alleged duty evasion, the parliamentarian said he would not like to comment as the matter was pending with the district administration.

Singh was transferred on November 13 and attached to the headquarters in Allahabad, hometown of Karvariya.

Tiwari was given marching orders on November 15 and sent to Gonda as the assistant commissioner.

Kumar was transferred on November 16, first as Special Secretary (Home) but was sent to Ghazipur as district magistrate on the same day.

Karvariya had bought a cinema hall, constructed on one-hectare plot at Mahjigawan in Rajapur town, from one Ayodhya Prashad in September 2007. At the time of the registration, he showed it as an agricultural land.

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