MUMBAI: Shiv Sena corporator Dhananjay Gawde, 44, from Nalasopara and NCP’s Vasai-Virar unit leader Govind Gunjalkar, 47, have been booked on Saturday for allegedly extorting cash from builders via blackmailing them with data obtained the use of RTI in Virar.
While Gawde allegedly extorted Rs 83 lakh from various builders, Gunjalkar demanded Rs five lakh from a former Sena corporator. Officials suspect that Gunjalkar was performing on the behest of Gawde. Gunjalkar has been arrested and Gawde is on the run. The NCP guy was released on bail overdue in the evening.
Gawde’s two aides, Ramesh More and Uday Jadhav, too, had been arrested. They had been sent to police custody.
In recent months, there have been several instances in Vasai-Virar of political events, activists and even reporters being accused of the use of RTI Act to blackmail builders.
One FIR has been filed at Virar police station towards Gawde and two others at Tuling (Nalasopara east) police stations. Gunjalkar has been booked via the Nalasopara police station.
Gawde, is known to have a full-fledged team that information a dozen RTIs each day, mostly looking for data referring to builders and their initiatives. In one case, Gawde met a Kandivli builder at a resort in Nalasopara (E) and sought Rs 50 lakh to withdraw a public passion litigation that was filed in the Bombay prime court docket towards the latter’s alleged unlawful construction. He had allegedly obtained data in regards to the construction the use of the RTI Act. Gawde settled on Rs 32 lakh cash, 8 tonnes of metal and 600 luggage of cement worth Rs 10 lakh. The metal and cement was delivered at Gawde’s farmhouse in Shirsad Phata, Virar (E). The complainant has stated that Gawde, who was Sena’s former Thane district deputy leader, was additionally threatened with a revolver.
In another case, Gawde demanded cash from a Virar developer to not whinge towards the latter’s unlawful construction activities between December 2015 and January 2016. He settled for Rs 30 lakh and a flat in the name of his sister Jayshree Gawde in Tuling, the police stated. In the 3rd case towards him, Gawde and his partner Ramesh More extorted Rs 11 lakh from a Virar developer between October 2016 and March 2018.
Interestingly, Gawde was caught with Rs 1.1 crore defunct and new notes all over demonetization in December 2016. The cash was declared benami via the Thane source of revenue tax after Gawde could no longer explain the source of the source of revenue.
A police source stated that more instances are anticipated to be filed towards Gawde, Gawde, who is the leader of the House in the Vasa-Virar Municipal Corporation.
Gunjalkar, in the meantime, was recently seen sharing dias senior NCP leaders and a former minister at a function in Dahanu. He had tried to extort cash from former Sena corporator Shirish Chavan, who is a builder and the celebration’s Palghar district leader. However, Chavan refused to pay.
SENA MAN GOT CIVIC OFFICIALS ARRESTED
Absconding corporator Dhananjay Gawde, who is accused of misusing RTI Act to extort cash, extensively utilized the tips to get civic officers arrested closing year. In January 2017, two assistant municipal commissioners of Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) have been arrested for forgery and dishonest based on Gawde’s grievance. Gawde’s grievance had additionally ended in the arrest of deputy director (the town making plans) Y S Reddy, who had reportedly tried to offer him a bribe in May 2016. Reddy sought after Gawde to go slow on an RTI towards him.
While Gawde allegedly extorted Rs 83 lakh from various builders, Gunjalkar demanded Rs five lakh from a former Sena corporator. Officials suspect that Gunjalkar was performing on the behest of Gawde. Gunjalkar has been arrested and Gawde is on the run. The NCP guy was released on bail overdue in the evening.
Gawde’s two aides, Ramesh More and Uday Jadhav, too, had been arrested. They had been sent to police custody.
In recent months, there have been several instances in Vasai-Virar of political events, activists and even reporters being accused of the use of RTI Act to blackmail builders.
One FIR has been filed at Virar police station towards Gawde and two others at Tuling (Nalasopara east) police stations. Gunjalkar has been booked via the Nalasopara police station.
Gawde, is known to have a full-fledged team that information a dozen RTIs each day, mostly looking for data referring to builders and their initiatives. In one case, Gawde met a Kandivli builder at a resort in Nalasopara (E) and sought Rs 50 lakh to withdraw a public passion litigation that was filed in the Bombay prime court docket towards the latter’s alleged unlawful construction. He had allegedly obtained data in regards to the construction the use of the RTI Act. Gawde settled on Rs 32 lakh cash, 8 tonnes of metal and 600 luggage of cement worth Rs 10 lakh. The metal and cement was delivered at Gawde’s farmhouse in Shirsad Phata, Virar (E). The complainant has stated that Gawde, who was Sena’s former Thane district deputy leader, was additionally threatened with a revolver.
In another case, Gawde demanded cash from a Virar developer to not whinge towards the latter’s unlawful construction activities between December 2015 and January 2016. He settled for Rs 30 lakh and a flat in the name of his sister Jayshree Gawde in Tuling, the police stated. In the 3rd case towards him, Gawde and his partner Ramesh More extorted Rs 11 lakh from a Virar developer between October 2016 and March 2018.
Interestingly, Gawde was caught with Rs 1.1 crore defunct and new notes all over demonetization in December 2016. The cash was declared benami via the Thane source of revenue tax after Gawde could no longer explain the source of the source of revenue.
A police source stated that more instances are anticipated to be filed towards Gawde, Gawde, who is the leader of the House in the Vasa-Virar Municipal Corporation.
Gunjalkar, in the meantime, was recently seen sharing dias senior NCP leaders and a former minister at a function in Dahanu. He had tried to extort cash from former Sena corporator Shirish Chavan, who is a builder and the celebration’s Palghar district leader. However, Chavan refused to pay.
SENA MAN GOT CIVIC OFFICIALS ARRESTED
Absconding corporator Dhananjay Gawde, who is accused of misusing RTI Act to extort cash, extensively utilized the tips to get civic officers arrested closing year. In January 2017, two assistant municipal commissioners of Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) have been arrested for forgery and dishonest based on Gawde’s grievance. Gawde’s grievance had additionally ended in the arrest of deputy director (the town making plans) Y S Reddy, who had reportedly tried to offer him a bribe in May 2016. Reddy sought after Gawde to go slow on an RTI towards him.
2 netas using RTI information to extort money from builders, booked
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