What is adarsh society scam?
Adasrh society was formed in
The Adarsh Housing Society was originally supposed to be a six-storey building that would house Kargil war heroes and widows. But the building ended up being a 31-storey tower.
Members include his late mother-in-law Bhagwati Manoharlal Sharma, who died at the Chief Minister's official residence in July. It appears in the official list submitted by the society whose beneficiaries include former services chiefs, politicians and bureaucrats.
The highrise is built on 6,450 sq metres within the Colaba naval area and was cleared on the condition of housing war veterans but now has 104 members including senior army commanders, a former environment minister, legislators and state bureaucrats.
Former chief secretary D K Sankaran's son, Sanjoy, is among the allottees.
It is actually not clear that whether the land belongs to the defence or the state revenue department.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday set up the two-member panel to probe how the 31-storeyed plush Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society came up on a piece of land meant for the families of Kargil martyrs and the allotment of flats to politicians, bureaucrats and military officials. Former Army chiefs, politicians and bureaucrats have all been allotted flats here for a fraction of the market rate.
Navy has written to them that it never issued a no objection certificate (NOC) to the Adarsh Housing Society.
The CBI today informed the Bombay High Court that it has registered case against 13 accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam
The CBI FIR including names of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan former senior Army officials of the rank of Major General and Brigadier,
The former top chiefs have claimed that they have now surrendered the flats.
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had on January 16 ordered demolition of the building within three months, holding it as