Former BJP minister accused of land-grab
The Anti Corruption Bureau has filed a chargesheet in a special court against a former Rajasthan BJP minister Madan Dilawar and 29 others in an alleged land-grab.
Madan Dilawar, who was a minister in the Vasundhara Raje government, and 29 others have been accused of fabricating documents during an auction of government land under Atru Panchayat Samiti of Baran district in 1998, the chargesheet said.
As per the ACB findings, Dilawar used his political clout to ensure that the plot was sold to his near and dear ones at low rates bypassing district level committees, and thereby causing loss of revenue to the state exchequer. The standard land rate decided by the committees was ignored in the process, it was alleged.
Among those to benefit from the scheme included the wife of the then block development officer Laadbai, sitting block Congress president Ashok Meena, Sarpanch Brijmohan Soni and his family members and the wives of three panchayat secretaries.
The chargesheet against the minister and others was filed on Friday under section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. They were later granted bail by the court.
