NCP minister arrested in housing scam should quit: Munde | Business Standard

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Maharashtra Minister and senior NCP leader
Gulabrao Deokar arrested for alleged involvement
in a 1997 housing scam related to building 11000
low-cost houses in Jalgaon should resign from
the state cabinet BJP leader Gopinath Munde said
today. Why has Deokars resignation forwarded
to the party not been accepted Munde wondered.
The NCP always backs the corrupt he alleged.
The chief minister is unable to take a decision
on the matter due to pressure from ally NCP the
BJP leader said. Deokar who was a member of
Jalgaon Municipal Council between 1995 and 2000
was yesterday summoned to the Zilla Peth police
station at Jalgaon and arrested. He later secured
bail.
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Additional SP Ishu Sindhu who is probing the Rs
46 crore scam had earlier summoned 46 former
corporators including Deokar. However only 25
turned up on May 19 and were arrested. As Deokar
did not turn up a fresh notice was served and he
was asked to present himself before police. Of
the 25 former corporators arrested 15 were
granted bail while the rest were remanded in
police custody. So far 38 persons including
former Housing Minister and Shiv Sena MLA
Sureshdada Jain have been arrested in the case