Nagarjuna's Hyderabad Convention Centre Razed For Illegal Construction, Actor Calls It 'Unlawful'

Nagarjuna's Convention Centre Demolished: Early morning of August 24 a bulldozer action was taken at the N-Convention Centre, owned by Nagarjuna in Hyderabad. Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection (HYDRA) authorities began razing the property built on a 10-acre plot for an illegal construction on lake land. However, the Brahmastra actor has taken to his social media account to issue a strong statement against the action. The Telugu star has alleged that no notice was served before the demolition and requested the court to take action against the authorities for undertaking the operations in an ‘unlawful’ manner.  

Nagarjuna accuses authorities of unlawful demolition

The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection (HYDRA) authorities began demolition of the actor-owned convention centre following allegations of illegal construction. As per reports, the property is built on land within the Full Tank Level (FTL) area and buffer zone of the Thammidikunta Lake in the Madhapur area of the city. Authorities allege that N-Convention encroached about 1.12 acres of the FTL area and an additional 2 acres within the buffer. Several photos of videos of the bulldozer action on the building are now viral on social media. 
 

Hours after the demolition, Nagarjuna took to his X (formerly Twitter) account to share a long note accusing authorities of acting on ‘misinformation'. He wrote, "Pained by the unlawful manner of demolition carried out in respect of N Convention, contrary to existing stay orders and Court cases. I thought it fit to issue this statement to place on record certain facts for protecting my reputation and to indicate that we have not done any actions in violation of law."

He also clarified that no part of his convention centre is built on illegal land. The two-time National Award-winning actor continued, “The land is a Patta land, and not even an inch of tank plan is encroached. In respect of the building constructed inside the private land, there is a stay order granted against any earlier illegal notice for demolition.”

Nagarjuna says he is a ‘law-abiding’ citizen and would have done demolition if found guilty

In his statement, the Telugu megastar further shared that he was not served with any notice before the demolition, which is not a common practice. He wrote, “Today clearly, the demolition was carried out wrongfully based on misinformation.”

Nagarjuna claimed that if the matter went to court and if he was found guilty he would have carried out the demolition himself. He added, "No notice was issued prior to carrying out the demolition this morning. As a law-abiding citizen, if the Court before which the matter is pending, had decided against me, I would have carried out the demolition myself. I am placing this on record for the purpose of correcting any public misimpression about wrongful constructions or encroachment by us. " The actor concluded his state requesting the court to take appropriate action against the authorities and grant him relief in the matter.