Ahmedabad city Congress General Secretary arrested in extortion case

Ahmedabad: General Secretary of Ahmedabad unit of opposition Congress party Janaksinh Parmar has been arrested by Crime Branch of Ahmedabad Police. Parmar is accused of extorting money from a well known builder and complainant Rupesh Brahmbhatt(B Safal construction). Case details suggest Parmar was using Right To Information(RTI) to extort money from builders. who are into Mukhyamantri Avas Yojana projects. The builder had paid Rs 1 lakh amount initially but Parmar was later seeking Rs 25 lakh following which complaint was filed. For another site Parmar had received Rs 8 lakh extortion according to case details. Parmar started his political career in Ellis bridge assembly constituency as small-time supporter of then MLA Haren Pandya. He was complainant in Haren Pandya murder case as he was first party worker to reach spot of Pandya’s murder. Janaksinh as BJP worker was given post in city party unit but not ticket to contest civic body elections which he was seeking. He later became ambitious and joined Congress. He was made General Secretary of city party unit.

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