Continuing with their protest against the lokayukta police for not making State industry minister Kailash Vijayvergiya, an accused in Sugni Devi land scam, a large number of the Congress leaders of the city formed a human chain at Pardeshipura square on Wednesday and demanded to make him an accused in Rs 100 crore worth Sugni Devi land scam which rocked the city a few years back.
The human chain which started from Pardeshipura square continued up to Teen Pulia triangle, Nanda Nagar. The Congress leaders prior to forming human chain also launched a signature drive in the area which incidently happens to be the home turf for the state industry minister seeking support for registration of case against him the much publicised land scam.
A large number of Congress leaders of the city including Indore City Congress president Pramod Tandon, Chintu Chowkse, Raju Bhadoria, Rajesh Chowksen and Mohan Sengar respectively.
On Tuesday also, Congress leaders led by city Congress chief Pramod Tandon had gheroed the office of the lokayukta police, protesting non-inclusion of Vijayverigya’s name in the charge-sheet filed in connection with Sugni Devi land scam, a day before yesterday.
City Congress spokesperson Rajesh Chowkse informed that the Congress leaders will stage demonstration and form human chain at main squares of all the assembly constituencies in the city and would demand for making Vijayverigya an accused in Sugni Devi land scam.
The special lokayukta police here on Monday had submitted charge-sheet against 18 persons including the BJP MlA Ramesh Mendola in the Sugni Devi land scam which rocked the city in 2004.
The charge sheet had been submitted in the court of special judge DN Mishra under Sec 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.