Kalina Library Case: Mumbai Special Court Discharges Chhagan Bhujbal, Five Former PWD Officials In 2015 ACB Case
Mumbai: The special court for cases against MP and MLA discharged Minister Chhagan Bhujbal from the case registered by Anti corruption Bureau in June 2015, over Kalina library deal, wherein he was accused to have recieved kickback as former minister of oublic works department. Also Watch: The case sas registered against him Bhujbal and six other accused namely Gajanan Sawant, then a sub…
On June 2015, Mumbai's Anti Corruption Bureau registered a case against Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and five other former Public Works Department (PWD) officials over a controversial Kalina library deal. The case alleged that Bhujbal received a kickback for awarding a prime plot belonging to Mumbai University for the construction of the library.
The plot, totaling 4 acres, was approved for construction in 2009, with a portion leased to a developer for 99 years at a nominal rate of Re 1 per square meter. The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) claimed that the officials, including then-subdivisional engineer Gajanan Sawant, executive engineer Harish Patil, superintending engineer Anilkumar Gaikwad, undersecretary Sanjay Solanki, and secretary MS Shah, oversaw the process and approved fraudulent documents during the approval process.
All the accused were discharged by the special court in Mumbai, though the detailed order has yet to be made available.
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