Panel indicts civic bodies for all-round connivance in scam

Tue Sep 15 1998 IST

NEW DELHI, September 14: The Delhi government report into the Chavan Rishi Apartments multi-crore scam has indicted officials of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi administration for “conniving with the builder and the owners of the land.”

It has also recommended that government “takeover” of the apartments, as the land and the structure still belong to the government. The scam had come to light last year after several apartments of the multi-storyed complex had already been sold to unsuspecting Delhiites. The building was sealed and their investment continues to remain blocked.