Amravati: An embarrassed Congress legislator and President Pratibha Patil's son Raosaheb Shekhawat Tuesday said a "communication gap" resulted in Rs 1 crore cash being seized by Maharashtra Police only days before the polls to major municipal corporations in the state.
"There was some communication gap as the state Congress could not inform when and how the money was being sent. I learnt (of it) only after the police seized the vehicle," Shekhawat told media persons. seeking to downplay the incident after he was questioned by top Amravati district police officials.
Shekhawat said that after the seizure, he got a call from one of the arrested persons who was entrusted with bringing the cash.
"I immediately contacted the MPCC (Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee) office in Mumbai, which quickly faxed the detailed statements of the cash to the police," he said....
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05:54 PM, Feb 18, 2012
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05:30 PM, Feb 18, 2012
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05:17 PM, Feb 18, 2012
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11:48 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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11:18 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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07:49 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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06:14 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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06:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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05:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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04:47 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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10:05 AM, Feb 17, 2012
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08:58 AM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: Poll result for the country's richest municipal body, the Maharashtra Civic Polls, will be out on Friday. The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance took the initial lead in the richest civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The counting has also begun for Thane and Pune Municipal Corporation. In Thane, NCP candidates Amit Sariya (Ward 13B) and Radhabhai Jadhav (Ward 14B) were on lead till 8 am. The NCP and the...
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