Indore News: Three Years Imprisonment To 9 Including The Then MIC Member In Indore's Meghdoot Upvan Scam Case

Indicative photo – Photo: SOCIAL MEDIA Expansion In Indore’s famous Meghdoot Upvan scam, the special court has sentenced nine accused including MIC member, two former councilors to three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of five thousand rupees each. Complaint of scam 23 A year ago former Leader of Opposition Chhotu Shukla I did The Municipal Corporation had given the garden on contract to different contractors after spending Rs 2.5 crore. Apart from former MIC member Suraj Kero, accused in the Lokayukta complaint of Meghdoot Upvan scam, former councilor Rajendra Soni, Kailash Yadav Apart from this, Suresh Kumar Jain, the then assistant architect, Amanullah Khan, the then garden superintendent, Keshav Pandit, the contractor Meghdoot Corporation, Vidyanidhi Srivastava, the then senior auditor, Rishiprasad Gautam, the then assistant director, Jagdish Dagaonkar, the then city architect Nagar. On Tuesday, the special court, while giving its verdict in this case, sentenced all the accused to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of five thousand rupees each. Rupees two and a half crores Corporation had spent
2023 CONSTRUCTION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 2015 It was done by the Indore Development Authority in the decade of . When Kailash Vijayvargiya became the mayor, the IDA handed over the garden to the Municipal Corporation. After this, the Municipal Corporation had beautified the garden by spending two and a half crore rupees and gave it on contract. The contract was also given to someone else on paper and the operations were being done by someone else. Congress did Was protest The Congress had even protested against giving the Meghdoot garden on contract and imposing fees for entry and had also reached to close the Congress garden. After the completion of the development work of the garden, the gates of the artificial pond were broken due to lightning and damage was also done. Later, the Municipal Corporation postponed the plan to run the boat there and the contractor also left the work after the matter came into controversy.
01 Corporation suffered a loss of lakhs
Complaint of this case after awarding the contract the then Leader of the Opposition Chhotu Shukla had done with the Lokayukta. It was said in the complaint that without the approval of the government, by making small proposals, different works were done by different persons ,23,33 had caused financial loss to the corporation of Rs. In this case, the challan was presented against the accused in the year 2015 after registering the case. Municipal Corporation had done other works including musical fountain, pond, rose garden in Meghdoot Garden. 23 More shops were also constructed. Later it was given on contract and the contractor started charging ten rupees per person for entry into the park. Apart from the parking fee, the contractor was also collecting the rent of the shops. 9 accused Was sent to jail Lokayukta Police presented a seven thousand page challan. After this 2015 there was a hearing in this case. The accused had applied for bail in the court. The accused were hopeful that they would get bail, but the court canceled the petition and sent all the 9 accused to jail. Later the accused got bail from jail.