Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Wednesday met Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhishek Trimukhe demanding legal action against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Ajoy Mehta for his involvement in the Jogeshwari land reservation case.
He said, “BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta along with senior officials from his team are responsible for the land scam worth ₹500 crore. We have requested the police to treat Ajoy Mehta and these officials from his Development Plan Department as accused. Not just this, a peon from the BMC, who was in charge of this file, has lost his life after he fell to death from a running train. We demand police investigation to find out whether it was an accident or a murder.”
Mr. Nirupam said Gyanprakash Shukla, the owner of the land in question, had approached the High Court in 2014 when the BMC failed to claim it 10 years after the acquisition period had ended. He said, “When the case reached the High Court, not a single lawyer representing the corporation was present in court. When the BMC lost this case in the High Court, the commissioner said the corporation should not approach the Supreme Court.”
Mr. Nirupam said the DCP requested a month’s time to investigate the case. “We will keep fighting until a first information report against the BMC Commissioner is filed, the officials who are involved in this case are punished and justice is served,” he said.
