Jaipur trial court reserves judgement on Modi

JAIPUR: The city trial court, on Monday, reserved its judgement on a criminal complaint seeking police investigation into the alleged fraudulent purchase of ‘heritage haveli’ of Amber by Lalit Modi and his wife Minal Modi. After hearing counsels of both the parties, court reserved the judgement.

The court would either send the matter for investigation to police or would dismiss it.

Complainant and district president of Nagrik Morcha Jaipur division, Sandeep Bhatra, has alleged that government-owned heritage havelis situated in the protected area of Amber fort was sold to Modi and his wife at a throw away price.

“Modi used his clout in the then Vasundhara Raje government and purchased the havelis through a ‘bogus’ company - Heritage City Construction Pvt. Ltd - with the help of a few government official,” he alleged. The complainant argued that the company’s address mentioned in the registration papers is fake. He produced photograph of the company’s site mentioned documents.

“The address mentioned is, 125, Ashok Vihar extension, Ward no. 16, Sanganer, but there is no such office at the aforesaid address,” he said On the other hand, Modi’s counsel argued that the matter is already with the High Court.