BJP leader arrested in Uttarakhand, accused of land fraud, links with notorious Praveen Valmiki also, BJP expelled him from the party

In Roorkee of Haridwar district, the STF (Special Task Force) team from Dehradun has arrested a BJP councilor. It is alleged that the councilor conspired with the notorious Praveen Valmiki to sell the land by threatening a woman and her family by preparing fake documents in her name. Along with this, the STF investigation has confirmed that fake documents of other lands were also prepared and sold.

Case registered in Ganganahar Kotwali: The STF has registered a case against the councilor in Ganganahar Kotwali and took the councilor with them to Dehradun. On the other hand, after the matter came to light, the BJP expelled the councilor from the party. In fact, the STF team reached Roorkee from Dehradun late evening on Wednesday, 27 August.

BJP councilor Manish was questioned: After this, BJP councilor Manish Bhola was taken into custody and questioned. However, on hearing the news of Manish Bhola’s arrest, people of the Valmiki community gathered in large numbers outside the Ganganahar Kotwali, their crowd remained gathered outside the police station till late night.

People created ruckus on arrest of councilor: They were sent back after being pacified by police officers. After questioning the councilor, STF inspector Nand Kishore Bhatt gave a complaint to Ganganahar Kotwali police. It was told in the complaint that he had received a complaint letter in which allegations were made against Manish Boler (currently BJP councilor), relative (nephew) of notorious criminal Praveen Valmiki, who lives in New Valmiki Basti in Ramnagar, Roorkee, and his other associates Rajkumar and Ankit.

Used the name of Praveen Valmiki: It is alleged that these people are forming an organized criminal gang in Roorkee and Haridwar area and are doing illegal business of buying and selling by occupying their lands by threatening to kill people in the name of Praveen Valmiki. When this matter was investigated, it came to light that a woman Rekha (wife of late Shyam Bihari resident of village Sunhara) was also pressurized and her land was sold.

Rekha’s brother-in-law was murdered in 2018: Rekha’s husband died in 2014 and much of his property is located in Roorkee’s Sunhara village. It is stated in the complaint that Manish Boler, Rajkumar and their other associates pressured Rekha to transfer the land in their name. And if she sells the land to someone else, the result will not be good. It is alleged that when Rekha’s brother-in-law Krishna Gopal opposed this, Praveen Valmiki got Krishna Gopal shot dead by his shooters in 2018.

Rekha’s brother was also attacked in 2019: At the same time, Rekha’s brother Subhash was advocating in the case. He was attacked by Manish Boler and his associates in 2019. However, his life was saved in this attack. It is alleged that after this, Rekha was asked to pay a ransom of Rs 5 lakh and if she did not pay, she and her children were threatened with death. In this case also, a case was registered against Manish Boler and others.

Rekha left the house out of fear: After this incident, Rekha left her house out of fear and started living at an unknown place. Taking advantage of this, Praveen Valmiki, Manish Boler and other members of his gang made a plan to sell Rekha’s land in a fraudulent manner.

Fake power of attorney was made: Praveen Valmiki and Manish Boler along with their associates showed a woman as Rekha. After this, using the death certificate of Rekha’s husband, a power of attorney was made in the name of Pankaj Kumar Ashtwal, resident of village Sunhara, through a fake woman. After this, two plots were sold with this power of attorney.

Attempt to sell Rekha’s land in a fraudulent manner: After this, Gurmeet Kaur and Najma (husband Nadeem) gave a complaint letter to the police. Both told in their complaint that they had contacted Manish Boler and Rajkumar to buy the land, the deal for which was fixed for a total of Rs 80 lakh. During the registration, these people paid Rs 12 lakh in cash and the remaining amount was decided to be paid through cheque. However, when they realised that they were being cheated, they stopped the cheque and did not take the land. After this, a plot (about 6 thousand 166 square feet) located in Shyam Nagar Colony of Roorkee was registered in the name of Ishtiyak (son of Zafar) and Gulfam (son of Fayaz, resident of village Madhopur Kotwali Ganganahar Roorkee) for about Rs 58 lakh.

Manish’s name came up in the whole game: In another similar case, this gang made Nidhi (wife of Rajneesh) as Meenakshi Jaisia ​​and sold a plot to Vicky (son of Mahesh) and Sandeep (son of Asaram). This is the same woman who was earlier made a fake Rekha. After this, on investigating this registration, it was revealed that where Meenakshi’s name was used, the mobile number there belonged to Manish Bowler.

Rekha was constantly getting threats: STF’s investigation also revealed that in the last 2-3 months (July-August), Praveen Valmiki and Manish Boler along with their men have been constantly threatening Rekha (wife of late Shyam Bihari) and her children. They are also being threatened with death.

STF took accused Manish with them to Dehradun: Investigation has also revealed that on the basis of facts, Praveen Valmiki, Manish Boler, Pankaj Ashtwal, Rajkumar, Ankit, Monika and others made a fake power of attorney of Rekha and gave it to Pankaj Ashtwal. A case was registered against all the accused involved in this case in Ganganahar police station under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 111, 351, 352 Indian Justice Code (BNS). Ganganahar police station in-charge inspector RK Saklani said that the STF has this entire case. The team has taken Manish Boler with them to Dehradun for questioning.

BJP expelled Manish from the party: At the same time, after this matter came to light, BJP has expelled councilor Manish Boler from the party. Manish became a councilor by winning on BJP ticket from Roorkee Municipal Corporation Ward No. 38. Roorkee BJP District President Dr Madhu Singh has issued a letter to expel Manish Bhola from the primary membership of the party.

The letter states that Manish Bhola is expelled from the party for being found involved in anti-party activities. On the other hand, people of Valmiki community, angry with the arrest of the councilor, camped outside Ganganahar Kotwali till late night, after which the police barely persuaded them and sent them back, but they started gathering outside the Roorkee Municipal Corporation office from the morning itself.

Not only this, the sanitation workers of the corporation also blocked the cleaning system by jamming the wheels of the vehicles. They protested for about one and a half hours. During this time, traffic on the road was also completely disrupted. The protesters alleged that such action against a public representative is not right. The police officers who reached the spot explained to them, then they calmed down. After which the protesters left the spot. Now they will meet SP Rural Shekhar Chandra Suyal.