MUMBAI: (AMN) Important papers relating to the scam-ridden Adarsh housing society have gone missing from the Urban Development Department in Mumbai.
Police have registered a case of theft after a secretary of the department, Gurudas Bajpe, gave a written complaint to the Marine Drive police on Friday night about the missing documents.
"We have registered a case against unknown persons. According to the UD department officials, several papers from the 10 files on Adarsh society were missing," DCP Cherring Dorje said.
The disappearance of the papers was brought to the notice of CBI, which is investigating the multi-crore scam.
The Adarsh society, originally meant to be a six-storey structure to house Kargil war heroes and war widows, was converted into a 31-storey building, violating a number of housing and other rules.
Centre to Develop a Model for Land Title Certification
Meanwhile the Centre has said that it is working on a model for the States on land titles. Speaking at a seminar in New Delhi today, the Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy said in the wake of the surfacing of land scams and long pending disputes over land, it has become all the more important to bring land title reforms. Referring to the Adarsh Housing society scam, The Minister said nobody appears to know to whom the land belonged. He said while earlier there were land Mafia like Haji Mastan, now more and more cases of involvement of politicians and police in land scams are surfacing. He said that a working group has been set up to develop the model on land titles. Mr. Reddy said, this will help in checking land scams and also litigation on land titles.
Later, talking to newsmen Mr. Jaipal Reddy accused Jagan Mohan Reddy of going against the party. The Minister said that the Sakshi TV channel is owned by Jagan Mohan Reddy and he is using the channel against the party interests. In reply to a question on action against Jagan, Mr. Jaipal Reddy said it is for the party high command to take a decision in this regard but if he is asked, he will give his opinion.