Vadodara: Land acquisition officer of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) Mahesh Parnami was arrested late on Monday night on charges of holding disproportionate assets worth Rs 70 lakh, was sent to Vadodara Central Jail on Tuesday.
Parnami was produced before a special ACB court on Tuesday as the anti-graft agency sought his custody for five days. However, the court turned down ACB’s request and sent Parnami to judicial custody. An offence of disproportionate assets had been registered against him.
Meanwhile, it has also transpired that the civic body had given a complaint to city police too in June to investigate charges of cheating and forgery against him and lodge an FIR. The complaint was later transferred to Sama police station from police bhawan. Cops have hardly made any progress in connection with that complaint, sources said.
Sources close to the VMC said that the allegations in the complaint are regarding financial loss civic body faced in acquisition of land in Sama area.