Adarsh Housing Society Scam
The Adarsh Housing Society is a posh, 31-storey building constructed on prime real estate in Colaba, Mumbai, for the welfare of war widows and personnel of India’s Ministry of Defense. The scam was unearthed in November 2010, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said, “The episode of Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society reveals how a group of select officials, placed in key posts, could subvert rules and regulations in order to grab prime government land – a public property – for personal benefit. In January 2011, the Maharashtra government set up a two-member judicial commission to inquire into the matter. the commission submitted its final report in April 2013 to the Maharashtra government. The report highlighted 25 illegal allotments, including 22 purchases made by proxy. The report also indicted four former chief ministers of Maharashtra, 2 former urban development ministers and 12 top bureaucrats for various illegal acts.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adarsh_Housing_Society_scam
