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Mayor in a spot over fake domicile certificate |
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tribuneindia.com | May 4 |
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The Mayor of Faridabad, Mrs Anita Goswami, seems to be in a spot over a case of a fake domicile certificate, procured by a Delhi resident for setting up a petrol pump in the district. |
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While the police have already arrested the accused, identified as Narender Kumar Sachdeva, and remanded him to judicial custody, the investigating agencies are inquiring how he obtained the domicile certificate. |
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The police officials have learnt that the application of Mr Sachdeva, seeking a domicile certificate, had been attested allegedly by Mrs Goswami on September 17, 2001, when she was both the Mayor and Councillor.
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The attestation was supported with the stamp of Mrs Goswami as a municipal corporation member. It was reportedly certified that the applicant was known to her and that he was a resident of Chawla colony for the last 15 years. While this was further attested by the zonal tax officer (ZTO) of the area, the certificate of domicile was issued by the sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM) Mrs Anju Chaudhary. |
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Ms Chaudhary has now clarified to higher authorities that since the application was attested and certified by the Municipal Councillor and the ZTO, she had issued the domicile. |
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The matter was exposed after a resident of Sector-17 here, who had also applied for the petrol pump outlet, lodged a complaint with the police that Narender Kumar had 'fraudulently' obtained the domicile certificate. It was further alleged that Narender was actually a resident of Delhi. |
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While the finger of suspicion now points to the Mayor, the police seems to be in piquant situation as the Mayor and her family are very close to the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala.
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It was the CM, on whose directions, she was elected and installed as Mayor in August last year. While the Mayor,
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Mrs Goswami, was not available for her comments, despite attempts to contact her on phone, the senior officials are keeping 'mum' on the issue.
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