A Congress corporator of ward number 31 was booked for stealing pavement blocks from Government Naveen Girls H S School at Tulsi Nagar on Sunday. Case was registered after a local BJP leader lodged a complaint against the Congress corporator alleging transporting pavement blocks illegally.
According to the Ratibad police, a case of theft was registered against Congress corporator Amit Sharma after a complaint was lodged by a local BJP leader Govind Jat, who alleged that the pavement blocks at Government Naveen Girls HS School at Tulsi Nagar, were transported to Sharma’s restaurant Natkhat in Ratibad.
A complaint was lodged by local BJP leader Govind Jat who witnessed and took photographs of the loading of the pavement blocks. Jat informed police and other BJP party workers while following the jeep which reached Natkhat restaurant and unloaded the pavement blocks and while the unloading was done police and BJP Corporator reached the spot. The driver managed to escape the spot and is still missing.
Police recovered pavement blocks from Natkhat restaurant.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation Ratibad police registered a case under section 379 and 120 (B) against the Congress corporator and driver of the jeep who escaped after unloading the pavement blocks.
The case has been transferred to TT Nagar police for further investigation.
The issue surfaced after a local BJP leader Govind Jat spotted loading of pavement blocks in Mahindra pick up jeep MP04-GA-8353 and when he asked the labours told that they would be delivered to Sharma’s house in Ratibad.
MIC member Shankar Makronia, corporator of ward number 45 Rajesh Khateek and in charge of Nehru Nagar Mandal Ashutosh was also present at the spot.