Kamla Nehru Trust scam: UP Police unearths huge scam in Rae Bareli's govt land, Congress MLA thanks UP CM!

Rae Bareli, Mar 16: In yet another scam disclosed against Congress , the Uttar Pradesh Police registered an FIR against the Kamala Nehru Trust, a Raebareli-based society linked with the Gandhis which has been under the scanner due to alleged financial irregularities and land misappropriation.

 

 

The UP Police has booked 12 people in the case for fraud, including former staffers of the Society, revenue officials, and the then additional district magistrate (ADM) on the charges of tampering with government documents and causing damage to public property.

 

 

 

As per the first information report, the police complaint was registered against Vikram Kaul, son of late Congress MP Sheila Kaul, the then ADM Madan Pal Arya, then deputy registrar of revenue department Ghanshyam, revenue clerk Ram Krishna Srivastava and administrative officer in the collectorate Vindhyavasini Prasad. Society members, too have been booked include secretary Sunil Dev, a trustee (then chairman) Sunil Kumar.

 

 

According to the FIR, the above-mentioned persons acted in connivance to convert the nazul land into free-hold property and was subsequently 'transferred' to the Gandhi-family trust. A Nazul land is a land that has no claimants and is considered to be belonging to the government. The accused have been booked under several sections including 417, 420, 468, 471 and 474 sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said the FIR.

 

Last year, rebel Congress MLA Aditi Singh had in a letter to the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) demanded an investigation into alleged financial irregularities into the Kamla Nehru Educational Society, which had many prominent Congress leaders.

 

 

She had alleged that the land was purchased in the name of promoting education of the girl child but decades later the land is not in use and now they seek to sell it for crores of rupees.

 

 

She thanked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for taking cognizance of the issue and filing of FIR. She said, "I would like to thank UP CM for pushing for a probe and registering a case against the culprits. The Gandhi family has huge stakes in the Trust with Vikram Kaul and Salman Khursheed being members. The land was allocated for education of girls, but was never used for this purpose."