08-05-2007, 09:32 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Malhotra scam worth Rs 5,000 cr </b>
Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
CBI recoveries only tip of iceberg
The actual value of the slum car-obar scam could well run into a minimum of Rs 5,000 crore. The CBI during its raids on August 1 had managed to lay its hands only on the documents of the plots in Gandhi Vihar, which is valued at Rs 825 crore, just a fraction of the whole value of the scam. The CBI sleuths on Sunday again conducted raids at main accused Ashok Kumar Malhotra's residence at 1311, Dr Mukherjee Nagar and seized all the 52 cars alleged to have been purchased with the scam money.Â
Sources said that CBI as of now is scrutinising only the documents pertaining to relocation of Hudson Line and Dhirpur slum dwellers in Gandhi Vihar resettlement colony under Kingsway Camp slum relocation scheme between 2000 and 2002. The cost of a plot measuring 25 yards in Gandhi Vihar resettlement colony is between Rs 15 lakh to 17 lakh. The agency recovered 5,500 coupons or demolition slips (which came in the form of a metal token with a jhuggi number embossed on it) from Malhotra's residence during its raids on August 1. These tokens alone are valued at Rs 825 crore.
A close aide of Malhotra told The Pioneer that Malhotra has also procured a number of plots in Nehru Vihar near Mukherjee Nagar, Sarita Vihar, Yamuna Vihar, Badarpur, Molarband and Narela in fictitious names.
In Nehru Vihar, he is reported to have purchased over 400 plots measuring 25 yards and then resold at exorbitant prices. The plots in Nehru Vihar are valued at Rs 80 crore. At present, the market prices are between Rs 22 lakh to 25 lakh per plot here. Similarly, Malhotra owns a number of properties in Mukherjee Nagar, Model Town and Yamuna Vihar worth over Rs 800 crore.
<b>Sources revealed that Malhotra had also managed to get a number of allotment letters from Yamuna Pushta's slum dwellers that were relocated in Bawana and Narela during Delhi Assembly elections in 2003. </b>
The preliminary investigation also revealed that he had bought properties, flats and plots in Nehru Vihar, Sarita Vihar, Molarband, Narela and Yamuna Vihar. The modus operandi used by Malhotra was similar in most of the cases where he purchased demolition slips and allotment letters from slum dwellers. Till 2004, DDA used to issue demolition slips to residents as documentary proof for making them eligible for allotment of a plot at an alternative site. Sources said that these slips were bought by builders and land mafia along with original documents.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lets see homw many MP and MLAs are involved in this scam.
Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
CBI recoveries only tip of iceberg
The actual value of the slum car-obar scam could well run into a minimum of Rs 5,000 crore. The CBI during its raids on August 1 had managed to lay its hands only on the documents of the plots in Gandhi Vihar, which is valued at Rs 825 crore, just a fraction of the whole value of the scam. The CBI sleuths on Sunday again conducted raids at main accused Ashok Kumar Malhotra's residence at 1311, Dr Mukherjee Nagar and seized all the 52 cars alleged to have been purchased with the scam money.Â
Sources said that CBI as of now is scrutinising only the documents pertaining to relocation of Hudson Line and Dhirpur slum dwellers in Gandhi Vihar resettlement colony under Kingsway Camp slum relocation scheme between 2000 and 2002. The cost of a plot measuring 25 yards in Gandhi Vihar resettlement colony is between Rs 15 lakh to 17 lakh. The agency recovered 5,500 coupons or demolition slips (which came in the form of a metal token with a jhuggi number embossed on it) from Malhotra's residence during its raids on August 1. These tokens alone are valued at Rs 825 crore.
A close aide of Malhotra told The Pioneer that Malhotra has also procured a number of plots in Nehru Vihar near Mukherjee Nagar, Sarita Vihar, Yamuna Vihar, Badarpur, Molarband and Narela in fictitious names.
In Nehru Vihar, he is reported to have purchased over 400 plots measuring 25 yards and then resold at exorbitant prices. The plots in Nehru Vihar are valued at Rs 80 crore. At present, the market prices are between Rs 22 lakh to 25 lakh per plot here. Similarly, Malhotra owns a number of properties in Mukherjee Nagar, Model Town and Yamuna Vihar worth over Rs 800 crore.
<b>Sources revealed that Malhotra had also managed to get a number of allotment letters from Yamuna Pushta's slum dwellers that were relocated in Bawana and Narela during Delhi Assembly elections in 2003. </b>
The preliminary investigation also revealed that he had bought properties, flats and plots in Nehru Vihar, Sarita Vihar, Molarband, Narela and Yamuna Vihar. The modus operandi used by Malhotra was similar in most of the cases where he purchased demolition slips and allotment letters from slum dwellers. Till 2004, DDA used to issue demolition slips to residents as documentary proof for making them eligible for allotment of a plot at an alternative site. Sources said that these slips were bought by builders and land mafia along with original documents.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lets see homw many MP and MLAs are involved in this scam.