Notice to President's son Raosaheb Shekhawat over seizure of Rs 1 crore

NEW DELHI: In a major embarrassment to President Pratibha Patil, her son and Congress MLA Raosaheb Shekhawat was issued a notice by the Amravati district collector in a case involving seizure of Rs 1 crore last week.

"I issued notices to minister of state Rajendra Mulak, MPCC general secretary Ganesh Patil, MLA Raosaheb Shekhawat, city Congress chief Vasantrao Saurkar and Mulak's PA Ashish Bodhankar on Wednesday and set the hearing for February 21, as their counsels sought five days time," agency reports quoting district collector Rahul Mahiwal said.

The Election Commission had directed the district collector and municipal commissioner to file a report about the incident.

Denying allegations that the seized cash was unaccounted, Shekhawat had claimed that the amount was meant to be distributed among financially weak candidates contesting the civic poll. Polling for 10 civic bodies, including Amravati, across Maharashtra concluded this evening.