Khadse files FIR, seeks Damania’s arrest
Former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse has lodged an FIR against activist Anjali Damania for allegedly maligning his image by submitting "false affidavits" in a PIL filed against him in the Bombay High Court.
Khadse
alleged
that
Damania
had
misguided
the
HC
by
furnishing
"false
proofs".
"When
I
received
the
copy
of
the
PIL
filed
against
me,
I
was
shocked
to
see
that
she
had
shown
two
cheques
worth
crores
as
having
issued
by
me.
My
signature
had
been
forged
and
other
documents
produced
in
the
court
too
had
been
forged",
the
senior
BJP
leader
said.
The former Revenue minister said he was trying to register an office against Damania since the time he received the copy of the PIL, but the police did not file a case "under pressure".
"Finally I had to approach the court seeking its intervention. The court yesterday directed the police to register an offence against her (Damania)," Khadse said.
He said the case has been registered against Damania at Muktainagar police station in Jalgaon district under various sections.
"I
demand
her
arrest
at
the
earliest
for
maligning
my
reputation,"
Khadse
said.
When
contacted,
Damania
said
Khadse
was
"rattled"
by
the
"protest
petition"
filed
against
him
in
the
clean
chit
given
to
him
in
the
Bhosari
land
grab
case.
"Also, I have submitted a stinging evidence to Nashik ACB on how money was transferred to Mandakini Khadse's account from shell companies which was then used to buy the land at Bhosari.
"All this has rattled him and he is using all possible means to get away," Damania claimed.
A Pune-based businessman had in May 2016 filed a complaint with the Bund Garden police alleging land grab.
He had alleged that Khadse misused his power as a minister and purchased a land in Pune's Bhosari area, owned by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), in the name of his relatives at Rs 3.75 crore as against the market price of Rs 40 crore.
Based on the complaint, the Pune ACB had registered an FIR against Khadse, his wife, son-in-law and the original land owner, Abbas Ukkani, under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and section 109 of the Indian Penal Code in April last year.
Khadse had resigned in June 2016 after he was accused of using his post as the revenue minister to facilitate the land deal in favour of his wife and son-in-law.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had submitted a detailed report in a Pune court in connection with the case against Khadse.