Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the Crime Investigation Department (CID) to investigate within 30 days the corruption allegations against Assistant Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Aher from the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). If found guilty, Aher will be suspended. The announcement was made by state industries minister Uday Samant in the Legislative Council.
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐
NCP group leader in the council, Eknath Khadse alleged that Aher gets help from the Chief Ministerโs Office. โHe called the CM in an inebriated condition. The news came out but the government is shielding him. The CM should reply in the legislative houses,โ he said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab alleged, โMahesh Aher earns in lakhs, distributes lakhs on a daily basis to other officers, has a bogus education degree and there are thousands of complaints registered against him for cheated people on the pretext of giving them homes.โ Parab said Aher has a private bodyguard and pays him Rs1.5 lakh per month.
๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Besides Deputy Speaker Neelam Gorhe calling for Aherโs suspension, NCP leader Jayant Patil said the TMC official joined as a clerk in 1986 and was suspended twice, only to be appointed to such a responsible post. โTomorrow he may become the BMC commissioner,โ he said, questioning Aherโs assets including โa costly car and a lavish houseโ on government salary. Calling for a probe by a special investigation team, Patil said Aher โshould not be given the opportunity to manipulate evidenceโ.
