The Times of India             19.11.2013

Patna Municipal Corporation files FIRs against 15

PATNA: Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) conducted raids on two different apartments in the New Capital Division area on Monday. Two FIRs were lodged with the Sri Krishna Puri police station against altogether 15 persons for violating the building by-laws, fraud and criminal conspiracy.

According to executive officer, New Capital Division, Shashank Shekhar, Orchid Apartment was under scanner as it violated the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007. "On September 25, the building was inspected and after that a direction to stop construction was intimated to the builder, Rajesh Sikariya, and a reply was sought," said Shekhar. However, violating the directive, the builder not only completed the construction but also gave a few sections for commercial activities. "As per the rules, the occupants have to take Occupancy Certificate from PMC before moving in the building, but this rule too was violated," said Shekhar and added, "it is purely a case of fraud and criminal conspiracy as it is impossible that they were unaware of the litigation when we were intensely advertising our moves through public notices."

A team led by Shashank Shekhar and police officials from Sri Krishnapuri police station raided the apartment and allegedly found Ravindra Nath Rai, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Arvind Singh, Niraj Kumar, Dilip Jha, Vani Israel Sheikh, Anil Asthana, Vishambhar Jha, Dhananjay Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar and Mohan Jha violating the norms of the PMC.

In another raid conducted by the PMC on Shakuntala Apartment on Mother Teresa Road in the same division on Monday, an FIR was lodged against four persons in a case of violation of the building norms. The civic body had demanded construction-related papers from the builder, Praveenji, on June 27. On his failure to produce the documents, the PMC asked Sri Krishnapuri police station to stop the construction work. On receiving information that the construction work still continued, the PMC, with the help of area police station, conducted the raid. An FIR was lodged against Siraj Ahmad, Mahesh Prasad, Mohammad Hanas and Mohammad Zafar with the Sri Krishnapuri police station.