Patna, (Bihar Times): A case has been lodged against
the ruling Janata Dal (United) MLA from Raghopur in
Supaul district for allegedly indulging in extortion
and misbehaving with the manager of a reputed firm
involved in the construction of the East-West
Corridor. This six-lane National Highway is being
built under the Prime Minister’s Golden Quadrilateral
Project and connects the eastern part of India to the
west.
According to Ramesh Madhubhasi, Gammon India’s local
manager, Neeraj Kumar Singh alias Babloo, reached the
camp office of Gammmon India located in Madhubani
district on January 6 and misbehaved with the camp
office manager P K Basak and demanded extortion money
from him
Madhubhasi alleged that Babloo asked for Rs nine lakhs
per month from Basak to allow the company to work in
the area. He also said that the head office of the
company at Mumbai was informed about the incident and
after getting a clearance from there an FIR against the MLA and his associates
was lodged in Balua Bazar police station on Monday.
Babloo on the other hand said that he had gone to the
camp office on January 6 to demand adequate
compensation to the local people whose land had been
acquired for construction of the road as well as give
employment to them in the construction work.
Sometimes back BJP MLA from Suryagarh, Prem Ranjan
Patel, was accused of demanding extortion money from a
contractor engaged in road construction work. However,
he was given a clean-chit after investigation.
Another Janata Dal United MLA, Sunil Pandey, too was
accused of extorting money from a construction firm
while a similar charge was recently leveled against
Anant Singh, also of the same party.