Jalgaon Multi-crore housing scam Judgement on June 28

Npnews24 online: Investigation has over and Court is ready to deliver the Judgement of Mulit-crore housing Scam on June 28. Former Minister Suresh Jain and Gulabrao Deokar was arrested in Jalgaon district in connection with a multicrore housing scam.

As per the directive given by Supreme Court, case was transferred to Dhule Session court and 40 others were booked under the scam.

The case date back to 1997, when the corporation came up with a scheme of building 11,424 low-cost houses for the poor. Mr. Deokar was a member of the Municipal Council between 1995 and 2000 and its president for a brief period.

A loan was taken from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation on forged documents. The money went to the Municipal Corporation, which was then siphoned off to Khandesh Builders (Which received the tender for the construction)