New Delhi: The Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, his wife and 15 others in the alleged Rs 900-crore Sanjeevani Cooperation Credit Society scam case.
The notices were issued by a division bench of Justice Vijay Vishnoi on a petition filed by the Sanjivani Peedit Sangh, an association of the people who had invested in the society.
Petitioner’s counsel Madhusudan Purohit said the society chairman Vikram Singh and others, including Shekhawat, had duped the investors by showing them fake records and posters. Shekhawat was allegedly a partner in the society before his election to the Lok Sabha from Jodhpur.
The Sanjivani Peedit Sangh had moved a petition in the high court against the owners, partners and office bearers of the society, seeking justice for thousands of investors who have allegedly lost about Rs 900 crore.
The petitioners in the case have sought the appointment of a receiver or a forensic auditor and demanded an investigation by different central agencies, including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
