Maharashtra MP cleared in cheating case months after switching to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena
The case against the MP, Ravindra Waikar, pertained to the construction of a luxury hotel in Mumbai in violation of an agreement with the municipal corporation.
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The Mumbai Police on Thursday filed a closure report in a case filed against Lok Sabha MP Ravindra Waikar for alleged irregularities in the construction of a hotel, nearly four months after he joined the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena, The Indian Express reported on Saturday.
The police’s Economic Offences Wing said that the case was based on “incomplete information and misunderstanding”.
Waikar, who was earlier part of former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s faction of the Shiv Sena, joined Shinde’s group on March 10.
The chief minister’s faction is part of the National Democratic Alliance in the state, which also comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party faction.
In the recent Lok Sabha election, Waikar won the Mumbai North-West seat by defeating Amol Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on June 4. This was the closest contest in election. His victory has been contested in court for alleged irregularities.
The case against Waikar filed by the Economic Offences Wing pertained to the construction of a hotel in the city’s Jogeshwari area in violation of an agreement with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The Lok Sabha MP was booked for criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal conspiracy based on a complaint filed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation sub-engineer Santosh Mandavkar,...
