That influential people can misuse a government scheme meant to offer homes to the needy, has been proved by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Economic Offences Wing of the city police. The SIT established that former Congress minister Kripashankar Singh aided and abetted his son-in-law Vijaykumar in procuring a flat under this government quota wrongfully, by submitting false documents.

After the SIT submitted a chargesheet to the Special Court, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has taken a welcome step in seeking to scrap the flat’s allotment and also recover the ill-gained profits Vijaykumar made by selling the flat, which was supposed to be his primary residence.