HYDERABAD: Police have registered an FIR against the newly-elected BJP corporator Rakesh Jaiswal from Jambagh, for allegedly submitting a false affidavit with the returning officer during the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls.
Alleging cheating and suppression of facts, J Ravindra, the AIMIM candidate who lost the Jambagh ward 77 polls, had filed a complaint with Abids police onJanuary 14 against Jaiswal.
The petitioner in his complaint alleged that in the recently-held polls, Jaiswal suppressed and concealed facts and submitted a “false affidavit on oath”, before the returning officer of ward-77 at Abids, saying that he has got two kids, whereas in reality, he has three kids, making him ineligible to contest the GHMC elections as per the laws.
In a bitterly fought GHMC election in December 2020, the BJP won 48 out of 150 seats, leaving TRS with just 56 seats, while the AMIM won 44 seats.
MIM candidate Jadala Ravindra said that the BJP candidate had suppressed vital facts about his immovable properties and his dues towards payment of property tax to be payable to the GHMC.
After probing the complaint, Abids police filed a case under section IPC 199 (False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence). “We have obtained prior permission with the metropolitan criminal courts in this matter and issued FIR against Rakesh Jaiswal,” said C Anjaiah, Inspector, Abids police station.
Jaiswal denied all charges and said it was just an act of vengeance and added that he has only two kids. “It is only out of vengeance and political grudge and with the AIMIM candidate having lost the election is resorting to such tactics. He has filed a suit with Election Tribunal, let him prove his allegations before the court,” said Rakesh Jaiswal. In a counter-affidavit, filed before the court, the BJP corporator denied of having three children.