Chandigarh, May 22 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday directed officials to take action against a sub-divisional officer (SDO) who reportedly installed electricity poles and a transformer in the middle of a farm pathway in Bakali village of Ladwa constituency in Kurukshetra district.

Saini was interacting with the residents of his assembly constituency of Ladwa during the Jan Samvad programme, when a complainant informed him that he had bought seven acres of land in Bakali village several years ago and that the pathway to the fields was part of the ownership record.

However, some persons allegedly connived with the SDO and got electricity poles and a transformer installed on the pathway leading to his fields. The co...