RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, May 25: Ashok Nagar, a posh locality of the Jharkhand capital which hogged the limelight on Tuesday after raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) during investigation of money laundering case involving senior bureaucrat Pooja Singhal, will soon go for election on June 19 to elect 11-member body including a chairman, vice chairman, secretary and joint secretary and as many as seven board of directors including at least five women director.
Sitting chairman of Services Housing Co-operative Limited, Ashok Nagar, A.K.Mishra informed this while parrying a reply on the number of IAS, IFS and IPS officers who have bought property in the colony during the last five years.
“My term as chairman is going to end soon as the election will take place on June 19. Apart from this, I, as an office bearer of the society, should not share such type of information with the media,” Mishra said.
Secretary of the society having tilak on his forehead, which visitors were calling Gopal Babu, supported Mishra saying as many as 508 voters will exercise their franchise to elect the body for five years. He also said that each voter will be given five ballot papers to elect their representatives. But when asked regarding the number of IAS, IPS and IFS who purchased property in the locality he preferred remaining tight-lipped.
“If ED asks we will share but sharing such information to all will not be proper for me,” Gopal Babu said.
Mishra and Gopal Babu were so afraid of sharing information that they even did not share their mobile phone anticipating trouble. An octogenarian member of board directors followed their suit.
A locality resident remembering the CBI raid during the fodder scam and the ED raid yesterday said the posh locality is fast turning into a haven for criminals.
“Murderer and masterminds of scam have started residing in the locality and office bearers of the society are not coming out with any way to check their entry or find out way to drive them out in case of detection of crime. People residing in the locality should do something to prevent entry of those involved in illegal activities,” the resident, who does not want to be quoted, said.
Another locality resident said nature’s land has started gradually changing in the locality. “Initially it was being used for residential purposes but now it is fast turning into a business hub. There are many offices, banks and play schools in the locality,” the resident said.
