Case Report: Massive Corruption in Construction at

Delhi Housing Societies

In this case report, I have tried to explain the complicity of police and other government officials in this criminal act which is supported by the builders' mafia.

Thousands of people are suffering as a massive construction-cum-corruption racket led by builders’ mafia is happening in India’s capital New Delhi. The floor area ratio (FAR) scheme of the government allows Delhi’s cooperative group housing societies (CGHS) to carry out lethal construction in occupied housing societies.

The floor area ratio (FAR) construction in Delhi housing societies is spreading lethal dust pollution, noise pollution, and causing serious accidents in residential buildings.

This scandal is being run under the garb of widening the occupied houses where men, women (including senior citizens), and children are living. The expansion of existing houses is being imposed on residents to extort huge money from them.

The construction for expansion of houses - which runs for years - is spreading lethal dust pollution, noise pollution, and causing serious accidents in residential buildings. The repeated complaints to authorities by the aggrieved residents are falling on deaf ears.

The crime under FAR construction is termed as Widehouse Corruption Scandal. You can click here to study a detailed report that I have compiled on the Widehouse Corruption Scandal in Delhi.

Although a number of departments and officials are involved in this citywide scandal, the criminal management committee (MC) members of housing societies mainly collude with the corrupt officials of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) office of Delhi Government, Delhi Fire Service (DFS), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), and Delhi Police to commit this crime.

As a journalist and environmental activist, I have been fighting against this environmentally hazardous crime for the past few years. In this case report, I have tried to explain the complicity of police and other government officials in this criminal act which is supported by the builders' mafia.

Even when deaths are taking place because of FAR construction in housing societies, the police officials file sketchy inquiry reports to brush the case under the carpet unscrupulously. In this particular case, the police sent me an inquiry report under directions from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India. This police inquiry report is full of flaws and misleading details while the police have not taken any action against the real culprits and the harmful construction continues.

[ You can click here to watch a video report on this lethal construction. ]

On April 25, 2023, I sent a 37-page letter including documentary evidence to the Police Commissioner of Delhi and other authorities to take action against the culprits involved in this crime and stop construction so that people could live in a corruption-free and pollution-free environment.

You can click here to read my letter sent to the Police Commissioner of Delhi.

Thank you

Rakesh Raman

Modi-Clone Kejriwal Wastes Crores of Rupees on His House Renovation

In fact, Kejriwal is a blind follower of Modi, although both belong to different political outfits.

Delhi chief minister (CM) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwalaccording to reports - has splurged a whopping Rs. 45 crore on the renovation of his house.

But in defense of this wastage of public money, shameless AAP politicians are arguing that if prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi can spend Rs. 500 crore on his new home, why Kejriwal cannot spend Rs. 45 crore. Kejriwal who behaves as a genetically deformed clone of Modi tries to repeat Modi’s idiosyncrasies. For example, recently Modi asked people to take 5 pledges to make India a developed nation. After that, in a video, Kejriwal offered 5 clichéd suggestions such as education, healthcare, etc. while announcing his plan to Make India No. 1.

In fact, Kejriwal is a blind follower of Modi, although both belong to different political outfits. If Modi visits Ram temple, Kejriwal goes to Ram devotee Hanuman temple. If Modi participates in a Hindu yatra (procession), Kejriwal leads a Tiranga yatra (Indian flag procession). If Modi lies that he is facing death threats, Kejriwal does not waste any time to claim that he is also under threats.

Thus, both have a very dangerous commonality: both are looting public money without any scruples. Modi travels in expensive aircraft, owns luxurious cars, wears colorful costumes to show his richness, and lives in a palace-like house.

Kejriwal emulates Modi model of ostentation, as he too travels with an army of security men, presumably owns cofferes full of money as his AAP colleagues are jailed for massive corruption, and spends crores of rupees just on his house renovation.

In a country where millions of people do not have a shelter and sleep on open roads - and many of them die on the roads in extreme winters and summers - Modi and Kejriwal are mocking those poor people with the ostentatious display of their richness. Both are shameless creatures.

Now with the evil aim to occupy Modi’s position as PM of India, Kejriwal has been attacking Modi’s ability to run the country. Kejriwal says that Modi is the most corrupt and illiterate PM that India has seen after its independence in 1947.

But as a matter of fact Modi and Kejriwal share the same megalomaniac traits. In their mad scramble to grab power by hook or by crook, they are treating people like slaves.

Today, in their autocratic rule, people are suffering under extreme corruption, inflation, unemployment, injustice, and religious animosity. But they are hoodwinking people by splurging huge public money on fake advertisements to falsely show their work.

With their eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Modi and Kejriwal have started delivering deceptive speeches to deceive the voters. Both of them are trying to promote fake nationalism, which is similar to the German nationalism practiced by the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler.

Instead of respecting democratic principles, Modi and Kejriwal are gaining undue political advantage by dividing people on religious and fake patriotic lines.

Although Kejriwal has completely destroyed Delhi, he often tells lies across the country about schools and hospitals in Delhi. Actually, the people of Delhi are suffering under rampant corruption, lethal pollution, rotten education systems, and crumbling healthcare infrastructure. But Kejriwal spends huge public money on advertisements to hide his administrative failures and deceive the public.

Meanwhile, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is demanding Kejriwal’s resignation for spending money on his house renovation. But these dishonest BJP leaders never ask for Modi’s resignation as both Kejriwal and Modi are equally notorious politicians.

Congress Misleads People About Police FIR on Amit Shah

As a complainant Congress can only submit a complaint to the police which can decide whether or not an FIR is to be registered on the submitted complaint.

The Congress party claimed on April 27 that it has given a first information report (FIR) against Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his obnoxious statements against Congress in Karnataka where state election will take place next month. Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said publicly that Amit Shah is spreading religious hatred and making false statements during his Karnataka election campaign.

“We have given an FIR against Union HM Shri Amit Shah to be lodged and action to be taken against him for spreading hatred among classes and religions, disrupting the harmony of the peaceful state of Karnataka, committing corrupt practices, knowingly making false statements and attempting to malign the INC (Congress),” Surjewala tweeted.

In his confusing statement, Surjewala said that Congress has given the FIR. However, the FIR can only be registered by police. As a complainant Congress can only submit a complaint to the police which can decide whether or not an FIR is to be registered on the submitted complaint.

Congress fails to understand that Amit Shah is the Home Minister who controls police and other law-enforcement agencies of the country. No police officer can dare to register an FIR against Amit Shah. Congress - which is a defunct outfit - alleges in its complaint given in Bengaluru's High Grounds Police Station that Amit Shah said there will be communal riots in Karnataka if Congress wins the election.

The traditional party claims that it has also approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against Amit Shah who has tried to influence the Karnataka voters with his provocative statements. But ECI again is a toothless outfit which does not have courage to act against the ruler Amit Shah.

Congress filed its complaint against Amit Shah under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Representation of People Act. But no action against the Home Minister is expected.

In contrast, when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made an innocuous statement in his 2019 election speech in Karnataka about the “Modi” surname of prime minister Narendra Modi, the law-enforcement agencies and courts moved swiftly to punish the Congress leader.

Now, as a result of the court decision against Rahul Gandhi in the “Modi” defamation case, he has been disqualified from parliament and it is possible that he might be jailed for two years.

So, George Orwell rightly said in 'Animal Farm': All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Dystopian State

It is not possible to survive and thrive in Indian politics if you are not corrupt. You can leapfrog in the dirty political arena if you are a history-sheeter with a solid criminal record which must include dacoity, vandalism, murders, rapes, and robbery. Today, the majority of the successful Indian politicians have such a distinguished criminal record.

While ordinary citizens are suffering under their atrocities, the Indian bureaucrats, court judges, police, and security forces behave as the slaves of the criminal politicians and never try to protect citizens and their rights. ~ Rakesh Raman

Crime, Corruption, and Impunity in India

Politicians, bureaucrats, police, and judges have formed a criminal gang in India. The following cases depict how they collude with criminals and commit crimes and corruption with impunity while the ordinary citizens are suffering. Click the following links for details.

UN Petition on Punjab Unrest RCS-EOW Case

Cabinet Secretariat Case

Prime Minister Office (PMO) Case

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Case

Delhi Lokayukta Case

DoPT Case CBI Case

Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Case Supreme Court Case

Delhi Govt Case Delhi Petitions Committee / CVC Case

NHRC Case Petition on School Education

Environmental Crime Case

Judicial Corruption Case

Lokpal Removal Case

RCS Corruption Case

Lokayukta Delhi Corruption Case Widehouse Scandal

NHRC Case at UN HRC IAS Group Corruption Case

CPGRAMS Cases PGMS Cases

IAS Corruption Record

UNCAC Petition

Delhi Police Case DoPT Processes

RCS RTI Violations

DDA Corruption Case

Petitions and Representations by Rakesh Raman. Up to April 2023

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