AAP office bearer booked under land grabbing act

Bhuj: A complaint has been filed in Mundra Police Station against vice-president of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Kutch west Sanjay Shantilal Bapat under land-grabbing Act.

The complaint is filed for allegedly grabbing a house in Shiv Township in Baroi which is owned by an elderly woman residing in Mumbai. The accused Sanjay Bapat has allegedly grabbed the rented house in Baroi village for one and a half years. He had paid the rent of Rs 9 thousand per month till 7 months period but stopped paying it after that. He didn’t pay the electricity bills which led to a total due amount of Rs 35 thousand. The woman has also stated about threats from him by saying ‘do whatever you can’ when asking for vacating the house in her complaint.

In May, the woman had sent a notice to vacate the house through WhatsApp and she had also informed the police. Later, she made an application to the collector under the land-grabbing act and the collector ordered to file a complaint against him. Further investigation will be done by the police. DeshGujarat