The three-member committee probing the Swagat Vihar Colony Government land encroachment case at Doonda has completed its investigation into the case.
The committee found most of the documents in the Swagat Vihar scam to be fake, a top RDA official told The Pioneer. The case pertains to prominent city-based builder Sanjay Bajpai who is developing the ‘Swagat Vihar Colony’ at Doonda village near the old Dhamtari road. The complaint against the builder pertained to encroachment of several acres of government land for the development of the colony.
On the basis of complaint received by the RDA officials, they had carried out limitation of the Kamal Vihar and Swagat Vihar colony.
While carrying out the limitation of Swagat Vihar colony, the RDA officials found 15 acres of Government land encroached. Following this, the State Government had set up a high-level committee for probing the scam.
The probe report would be submitted to the government in a day or two.It may be mentioned that a notice was served by RDA to the builder and he had also filed a petition in the High Court challenging the notice. The Court while rejecting the petition had also imposed a fine of `10,000 on him.