Bhopal, Apr 19 (PTI) The administration freed the Madhya Pradesh government's land worth Rs 300 crore from the illegal possession in Bhopal, an official said on Tuesday.

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A team comprising officials of the Bhopal district administration and the Bhopal Municipal Corporation freed this land in the Chuna Bhatti area on Monday, an official statement said.

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Some shops constructed illegally on the five-acre land on the main road in Chuna Bhatti, a posh residential area, were demolished.

The administration will lode an FIR against a woman who was selling these shops, constructed by encroaching upon the government land, to people, the release said.

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