Chargesheet against Pune-based hotelier,leader in land grab case

The CID in Pune today filed a chargesheet against Ramkumar Agarwal,52,owner of Hotel Le Meridien,as well as Raviraj Group chairman and managing director Ravindra Sakla,52,former Shiv Sena corporator Ajay Bhosale,49,and NCP corporator Rajesh Pillai,43,of the PCMC in a case of land grabbing.

The CID in Pune today filed a chargesheet against Ramkumar Agarwal,52,owner of Hotel Le Meridien,as well as Raviraj Group chairman and managing director Ravindra Sakla,52,former Shiv Sena corporator Ajay Bhosale,49,and NCP corporator Rajesh Pillai,43,of the PCMC in a case of land grabbing.

Deputy SP N K Gaikwad filed the chargesheet in the court of judicial magistrate P K Deshpande through additional public prosecutor H V Doiphode. The four have been charged under IPC sections 447 (criminal trespass),427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs 50),424 (dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property),363 (kidnapping),365 (secretly and wrongfully confine a person),120B (criminal conspiracy) and criminal law amendment section 7.

They had been arrested April 24,four years after Pradeep Kumar Dhorje lodged a police complaint with Chatushrungi police. They were released on bail in May.

Dhorje had alleged that four persons had forcibly entered a plot at Balewadi and appointed Rajesh Pillai as the caretaker. The chargesheet states Pillai and Bhosale took 30-35 persons to the site,beat up Dhorje and kidnapped the watchman. Pillai later put up his board at the site and appointed a new watchman. The chargesheet lists 39 witnesses.

The case was later transferred to the state CID. Both Sakla and Agarwal are leading builders of the city and have many upcoming projects at various stages of completion.

Bhosale was Sena corporator in PMC from Wadgaonsheri. He had contested the Assembly elections in October 2009 and was defeated by NCP leader Bapu Pathare. Bhosale was shot at by unidentified men during the election. He escaped unhurt while a friend was injured. A resident of Bhorade Ali,Bhosale has some police cases registered against him.

Pillai of the NCP is a representative from Ajmer Colony ward in PCMC. Pillai is a member of the standing committee of PCMC. A few cases are registered against him,too.

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