Indore: Lokayukta Police on Monday submitted a charge sheet against BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola and 16 others in a 2004 land scam case. The charge sheet was submitted in the court of special judge DN Mishra under Sec 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court, meanwhile, granted bail to Mendola and 14 others on a bond of Rs 1 lakh each and directed them not to leave the country without its permission.
82-year-old former minister Suresh Seth, the complainant in the case, had alleged that when Madhya Pradesh Industry Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya was Indore mayor (in 2004), three acres of land was allotted to Nanda Nagar Sahkari Samiti, headed by his right-hand man Mendola. Situated in Pardeshipura area, the land was originally allotted to Dhanlaxmi Chemicals. It was later allotted to the Samiti against norms. Flats were constructed and sold, causing a loss of over Rs 1.58 crore to the exchequer.
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12:45 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress has targetted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after CNN-IBN exposed how prime land in Bhopal was given to his relatives and party members. Digvijaya Singh claimed this is one of the many corruption charges against the Madhya Pradesh CM. "About 10 people in Chouhan's family were given membership and land. There is a provision that two members of a family cannot be given a...
09:40 AM, May 15, 2013
The MP government on Tuesday denied reports that the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government was involved in land scam. ...
10:35 PM, May 14, 2013
Bhopal: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is not only said to be favouring his family members. RTI documents with CNN-IBN show how the Shivraj government is also awarding land to institutions close to the BJP and the RSS. Saraswati Shishu Mandir, an RSS-backed educational institution was granted over 10 acres of prime land across the state between 2007 and 2008. Another RSS-backed body, the Saraswati Bal Kalyan Samiti, was granted...
06:47 PM, May 14, 2013
Bhopal: A cloud of corruption hangs over one of the BJP's most celebrated chief ministers - Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Chouhan is in the midst of a row over allotment of prime land in Bhopal to his relatives. An RTI query has revealed how prime land that was allotted to other individuals was registered in the names of Shivraj Singh's cousins. Even a court order stipulating returning the...
06:23 PM, May 14, 2013
Bilaspur: Under attack from Opposition on over an alleged land scam, Chhattisgarh's Health Minister Amar Agrawal on Monday filed a criminal defamation suit against Congress leaders Vivek Bajpayee and Vani Rao in a court in Bilaspur. Chief Judicial Magistrate Omprakash Chauhan admitted the suit and fixed May 13, 2013 for hearing the matter. The Health and Family Welfare Minister's counsel Ranveer Singh said Bajpayee and Bilaspur Mayor Vani Rao, who...
01:59 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday alleged that the CBI has become a tool in the hands of Congress that it is being used against Opposition leaders. "CBI has become a tool in the hands of Congress and is working like Congress Bachao Institution. The politicisation of CBI is most unfortunate and Congress is using it against people who are opposed to the Congress," Ramdev told reporters in Hisar. ...
12:45 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Fresh trouble for self-styled godman Asaram as the Registrar of Companies on Wednesday wrote to the Ministry of Corporate affairs and recommended action against Asaram and his son in the land grab case in Madhya Pradesh. ...
06:20 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Belgaum: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rapped the BS Yeddyurappa and HD Kumaraswamy governments for "rampant" illegal denotification of land benefiting builders and companies during the 2007-11 period. "During 2007-11, the government denotified 123 acres and 15.5 guntas (one gunta is about 1,086 sq ft) after taking possession and another 89 acres and 23.5 guntas of land after notifying the fact of taking possession," the CAG report said....
06:24 PM, Dec 12, 2012
New Delhi: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Sunday demanded SIT inquiry into the Herald land scam in Bhopal. Swamy has demanded for a probe following CNN-IBN investigation in to the issue. According to reports, a shopping mall was built on the land sold to the newspaper at a concessional rate in Bhopal. The BJP-led state government is now planning to take back the plot. Swamy's allegation on Congress President...
09:22 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh will go for polls on Sunday, November 4. One of the key election issues this time has been land. The state is seeing a construction boom and land prices are soaring. Vinod Sultanpuri, contesting for the Congress from Kasauli, has alleged that illegal benami land deals are rampant. "I live in Sultanpur. In the panchayats there, 18 buildings were found benami. I don't know when, who are...
09:55 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Mumbai: After the Income Tax department began inquiry into the alleged shell companies investing in BJP President Nitin Gadkari firm, CNN-IBN has found that a number of companies have changed their addresses overnight. The question arises - is this part of a cover up? CNN-IBN has found that 12 suspected shell companies have got new registered addresses. The change in addresses comes after income tax and Corporate Affairs Ministry began...
06:19 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted inquiries at 12 places in Mumbai where firms, which had invested in BJP president Nitin Gadkari's company, had given their addresses. I-T authorities also began probe into shell companies in Purti group, owned by Gadkari. They will investigate the source of funds for investment made. Gadkari is under attack over dubious funding of Purti Power and Sugar Ltd controlled by him...
04:29 PM, Oct 30, 2012
It wasn't just Haryana where Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra went on a land buying spree between 2008 and 2011. At least 20 plots measuring over 770 hectares were picked up by Vadra's firms in Bikaner, months after the Ashok Gehlot government assumed power in the state. According to property agents in Bikaner, the land was barren and worth precious little at the time Vadra purchased it. However, ...
03:41 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Amid allegations of dubious funding of Nitin Gadkari's companies, Leaders of Opposition in both Houses Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on Wednesday stood by the BJP president and said it is unfair to accept these charges without a probe for which he has already offered himself. "It is unjust and unfair to accept these allegations as true without a probe. We the members of BJP trust our President...
04:21 AM, Oct 25, 2012
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday sought to differentiate and distinguish the party from the Congress saying that the BJP was "definitely different on all yardsticks of probity, morality, and all yardsticks of governance". "We are much much better because we value, value-based politics. We are not here in politics as a mission, not for commission," said Javadekar. He added that there was no question of party president Nitin Gadkari ...
10:26 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Shimla: Congress chief ministerial candidate Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday lost his temper at the media. However, after a rap from the Congress leadership in Delhi, came the U-turn and an apology. The Congress is no doubt worried. In the small state of Himachal Pradesh, the stakes are big for the party at the Centre. Aware that in Gujarat, it could be a virtual no-show for the party, a win in...
08:40 PM, Oct 24, 2012
There is more evidence of fictious companies and dummy directors that funded BJP president Nitin Gadkari's Purti Group of companies. After drivers and accountants, an astrologer was found to be a director in one of the shell investing companies. While Nitin Gadkari defended the massive loan he got from IRB, a company he gave contracts to as PWD minister, the company itself claimed there were no business links between the ...
08:30 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst allegations of dubious funding of his companies, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday got an all round support, not just from the RSS, but from the BJP's top brass. It started with Nagpur, where senior RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya called the allegations against Gadkari a trial by media. Senior party leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley followed suit standing by the BJP president. While Gadkari...
07:31 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Refuting corruption charges against BJP president Nitin Gadkari, party leader Balbir Punj said that the media cannot be the judge in the case. "Allegations are common in politics. Our president is ready for any probe," said Punj. He added, "The media should not judge anything. It is the job of the investigators." ...
05:42 PM, Oct 24, 2012
