Actor R Madhavan has been accused of encroachment of a water body in a village in Dindigul district.

Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL), the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has issued a notice for alleged encroachment of a water body at Balasamudram village in Palani taluk in Dindigul district.

The PIL filed by N Ganesan, a resident of Balasamudram, also accused the district collector of not acting on his complaint for removal of the alleged encroachment.

The plea states that on March 16 last year, the actor bought 1.97 hectares of land in Balasamudram from P Rajammal and later encroached a water body.

He is alleged to have planted coconut and guava saplings, besides installing electric posts on the encroached land. Though the district collector was informed about the issue, no action was taken to remove the encroachments, the PIL says.

The petitioner also claims that he has been receiving threatening calls ever since he filed the plea.

Besides Madhavan, notices have also been issued to the district collector of Dindigul, Palani tahsildar, executive engineer of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation of Palani in Dindigul.