Monday, June 17, 2013

Govt downplaying Swagat Vihar land scam: Cong

Raipur, June 14, 2013

Congress on Friday alleged that government was downplaying Swagat Vihar land scam by merely suspending one official. 

“It is a major scam in which besides builder Sanjay Bajpai, one minister and several officials of revenue department were involved. The government cannot rub its hands just by taking action against one official. It should rather file criminal case against all the guilty persons,” said the Congress business cell president Kanhaiyya Agrawal.

Bajpai, who was declared as fugitive by the police which had issued arrest warrant against him for encroaching several acres of government lands for his Swagat Vihar project, surrendered before court on June 13. 

Agrawal alleged that the government deliberately stalled action against Bajpai to protect the guilty minister and revenue officials. 

“Or else, why the government took two years in taking action against Bajpai? Evidently, it asked the police to issue arrest warrant against this fugitive fearing public outburst against it,” he said.

Demanding high-level probe into Swagat Vihar land scam, Agrawal said the government should ensure none of the guilty persons including Bajpai be spared.


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