Jalgaon constable caught taking `65 lakh bribe

A constable attached to the Chalisgaon police station in Jalgaon district was arrested for accepting Rs65 lakh as bribe from a private firm. Officials of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in Nashik caught Bipin Jagannath Tiwari red-handed on Tuesday afternoon.

According to ACB officers, a local farmer filed a complaint with the Chalisgaon police against Samruddha Jeevan Foods India Limited, saying the company is in the business of offering RD and FD (recurring deposit and fixed deposit) without the permission of the RBI and the zilla parishad. It sells buffaloes and goats to farmers on installments. Besides taking cash as installments, the firm also has a scheme in which it takes milk and dung in lieu of money.

“The police began investigating the case and constable Tiwari demanded Rs1 crore from a company official to settle the issue. The official approached the ACB office and lodged a complaint against Tiwari,” said an ACB officer.

“We laid a trap near Manegaon road at Y point and caught Tiwari red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs65 lakh,” said Shashikant Mahavarkar, superintendent of police (Nashik ACB). “We are investigating the case and trying to find out if other officers are involved. We will also check the phone records of Tiwari and the others.”
Courtesy:
Manish K Pathak l Mumbai
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Published Date:  Jan 31, 2013
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HOUSING SCAM MAHARASHTRA : Court rejects Suresh Jain’s bail application

Aurangabad: Justice M T Joshi of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Monday rejected the bail application of former state housing minister Suresh Jain while directing the special judge, Jalgaon, to frame charges against him and others as expeditiously as possible.

Jain, who was arrested for his involvement in the Rs 169-crore Jalgaon housing scam, is being treated at St George Hospital in Mumbai, where he was admitted on November 3, said special public prosecutor Pravin Chavan. On October 18, the Supreme Court had rejected Jain’s bail plea while asking the special court in Jalgaon to frame charges against him and the other accused.

Jain had approached the special judge in Jalgaon on October 3, seeking direction to the authorities to release him on bail under Section 167 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) as there was no sanction for his prosecution under Section 197 of CrPC and Section 19 (3) of Prevention of Corruption Act (1988) and that the chargesheet submitted by the investigation officer was not a chargesheet in the eye of the law. “Hence, he claimed, his detention was illegal and unauthorized and he be released on bail,’’ said Chavan. The trial court had rejected his bail application on October 6.

Jain approached the Aurangabad bench of the HC on October 9. Opposing the bail plea, Chavan said there “was no official duty entrusted to Suresh Jain and that he has ceased to be a minister’’. He said a housing scheme for the low income group was introduced by the Centre and implemented through Hudco and it was accepted by the Jalgaon Municipal Council (which later became municipal corporation). “There is no connection of the scheme with the office of the state’s housing ministry.’’

Chavan said the main chargesheet was submitted on April 25, 2012, while a supplementary chargesheet was filed on June 1.
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