Opposition chief Pravin Darekar’s ‘labourer’ declare ‘bogus’: Cost sheet | Mumbai information

Mumbai: The MRA Marg police have concluded that the declare made by Pravin Darekar, chief of opposition within the legislative council, of being a laborer was “bogus” and the labor society was unable to supply any paperwork to substantiate the declare. Police officers had been informed that the papers had been misplaced within the flood of July 26, 2005.

The police have annexed statements of a number of laborers related to Pratidnya Labor Cooperative Society with which Darekar was related and which he used to contest the elections for the Mumbai District Central Co-Operative Financial institution and was its chairman for 10 years, from 2011 to 2021.

Of their statements to the police, the labourers stated that they’d by no means seen Darekar working as a labourer. A few of them had heard that he was a supervisor, however had by no means seen him visiting any web site undertaken by the labor society. A few of them had solely seen him on the society’s annual normal conferences.

“Regardless of turning into a Member of Legislative Council (MLC), Darekar had in April, 2017 (30 days), November, 2017 (20 days) and December, 2017 (10 days) accepted 25,750 as wages in money,” stated the cost sheet.

“Nonetheless, throughout the identical interval, Darekar was current in Nagpur for the winter session of the meeting and he had accepted the wages as a supervisor. Darekar had whereas enrolling with Pratidnya Labor Cooperative Society not given any paperwork that confirmed he was a labourer,” it added.

“As per a round of the State Co-operative Commissioner of 1975, solely an individual who does labor work will qualify as a labourer. Whereas submitting the affidavit for election Darekar had declared 2.13 crore price of immovable properties, out of which, property price 91,02,000 was in his personal title. He received 2.5 lakh each month as honorarium. In such a state of affairs, how can Darekar be a labourer,” stated the cost sheet.

The BJP chief was disqualified as a laborer by the co-operatives division on February 3, 2022, as he didn’t match the definition of a labourer. “Additionally, Darekar had been posing because the member of Pratidnya Labor Cooperative Society; the group itself is faux and solely on paper,” stated the cost sheet.

The police investigation has revealed that the workplace handle given by Pratidnya Labor Cooperative Society was of Sanjay Jagdale, a university buddy of Darekar at Modi Avenue in Fort.

The investigation additionally discovered that Pravin Margaj was the president of Pratidnya Labor Cooperative Society and regardless of understanding that Darekar was not a labourer, he allowed him to be a member of the society and later even win the election of the financial institution.

Equally, Shrikant Kadam when he was the president of the society, regardless of understanding that Darekar had gained the MLC elections allowed him to be a member of the society and later win elections of the financial institution. The police have additionally named each Margaj and Kadam as accused within the case.

The police stated they’ve charged the three beneath sections 199 (False assertion made in declaration which is by regulation receivable as proof), 200 (Utilizing as true such declaration understanding it to be false), 406 (punishment for prison intimidation), 417 ( punishment for dishonest), 420 (Dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property), 465 (punishment for forgery), 468 (forgery for the aim of dishonest), 471 (Utilizing as real a cast [document or electronic record]) and 120 B (Punishment of prison conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

“General contents of the cost sheet itself confirmed that no prison offense was dedicated. Even when the cost sheet is accepted as is, no offense is made out. It’s a politically motivated First Info Report (FIR), adopted by a politically motivated cost sheet,” stated advocate Akhilesh Chaubey, who represents Darekar.