NAGPUR: Wardha district and sessions court has rejected the anticipatory bail applications of officials of Mumbai-based Afcons Infrastructure and its petty contractor — Wardha-based MP Constructions — on Friday in the case of illegal excavation of murrum and destruction of land owned by Hyderabad-based Cozy Properties Private Ltd.

On the complaint of Cozy Properties, Selu police had registered an offence against Afcons project officer Anil Kumar Bachu Singh, and owner of MP Constructions Ashish Daftari under section 379, 447, 427, 120-B and 34 of IPC (illegally intruding into other’s properties in a group and stealing) on August 22.

Singh and Daftari had filed separate petitions before the Wardha district and sessions court seeking anticipatory bail.

Cozy Properties had alleged in the complaint Afcons and MP Constructions had excavated murrum and destroyed over 100 acre at mouza Kelzar for construction of Samruddhi Mahamarg.

Project’s nodal agency MSRDC had appointed Afcons for constructing 59km stretch of Samruddhi Mahamarg in Wardha district. Afcons had appointed MP Constructions for executing a small stretch of its 59 km.


Wardha district administration also issued a notice to project manager of Afcons. “Preliminary survey revealed illegal excavation of murrum from around 25-30 acre land owned by Cozy Properties,” the notice said.

Earlier, Wardha district administration had issued three similar notices to Afcons for alleged illegal excavation of murrum from zudpi jungle, hillocks owned by state government, and lands of some private persons.

An official of Afcons refused to comment since the matter is sub judice.