Friday, June 21, 2013

Swagat Vihar land scam: Cong demands high-level probe

Raipur, June 21, 2013

Congress on Friday demanded high-level inquiry into Swagat Vihar land scam. Alleging that the government was protecting entire racket that gave shape to land scam, the Congress business cell president Kanhaiyya Agrawal demanded high-level probe into the matter.
Notably, builder Sanjay Bajpai had encroached several acres of government lands to develop his ambitious residential project Swagat Vihar in Raipur. As the land scam surfaced, Bajpai decamped with his family members. He surrendered before court on June 13 when police issued arrest warrant against him.
“Bajpai sold plots to many people claiming ownership of government lands.  It is a major scam in which besides Bajpai, one minister and host of revenue officials were involved. Surprisingly, the government suspended only one official in connection to this scam. We want it to register criminal case against all the guilty persons,” Agrawal said.
He asked why town and country planning department passed layouts of Swagat Vihar without verification. “If the government has suspended town planner Zahid Ali finding him guilty into the matter then why no case has been filed against him by far,” he questioned.
He said the government should also tell how fake layouts were passed when KP Bajpayee was town planner. “We also want to know on whose pressure the illegal workers were done and which officials were involved into the scam,” he added.
He said government should hand over the matter to an independent agency so that people who have invested money in buying plots in Swagat Vihar may get justice. 
He said the cell would also take initiative into the matter and hold meeting of Swagat Vihar victims to chalk out the plan to obtain justice for them.



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