Much to the disappointment of victims of the Sanjeevani Buildcon scam, a Ranchi court on Monday acquitted three accused persons —Shyam Kishore Gupta, Ram Pratap Verma and Golu Munda due to lack of any substantial evidence available against them.
Directors of Sanjeevani Buildcon Private limited —Shyam Kishore Gupta, Ram Pratap Verma and another office staff Golu Munda along with the other persons were accused for cheating over 300 persons in the name of providing residential plots and flats to them. The scam amounting over Rs100 crore is currently being probed by the CBI.
“The court of Special CBI Judge AK Rai on Monday acquitted three persons accused in the first ever case number 280/2011 lodged at Sadar police station in the scam as the prosecution failed to prove the eviDence before the court,” said defense counsel Vikrant. All the three accused persons are currently lodged in jail, added the counsel.
High-profile players —MD of Sanjeevani Buildcon and mastermind Jayant Dayal Nandi, having two wives Anita and Anamika along with his aides Prakash Prasad lala, Shyam Kishore Gupta, Arvind Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar lal, Ramesh Kumar Singh, Tapan Paul, Ashok Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Ram Pratap Verma and Md Moin Ansari were held accountable for the scam. Except JD Nandi and PP lala, who are hiding abroad and his trusted aide Verma out on bail, all are under arrest. The hunt, however, is still on for Chairman-cum-Managing Director Jayant Dayal Nandi.
Ranchi-based realtor Sanjeevani Buildcon allegedly amassed crores of rupees by cheating 175-odd people from across the state and outside, including homemakers, doctors, engineers and retired army personnel, with the promise of land for their dream homes in the capital and its adjacent areas.
More than 175 FIRs were registered against the 32 officials and employees of Sanjeevani Buildcon at various police stations of Ranchi in April-May 2012. An FIR was registered against Shyam Kishore Gupta on April 22, 2012, at Ormanjhi police station on the statement of one of the victims, Rakesh Kumar.
The FIRs prompted the then government to constitute a SIT, comprising police and CID officers. Chutia circle inspector Arvind Kumar Sinha was appointed the nodal officer to monitor cases registered against the company.
The CBI took up the probe of all 34 cases lodged against the company after the direction of Jharkhand High Court while disposing a PIl filed by one of the victims of the scam Sima Devi in January last year.