Adarsh Society was proposed much prior to Kargil: Panel

Mumbai: Chief promoter and secretary of the controversial Adarsh Housing Society has told a judicial panel, probing the scam, that the complex was proposed much before the Kargil war and hence the reports of it being reserved for war heroes and their widows are false.
R C Thakur, a former officer with the defence estates office and an accused in the case, in an affidavit filed before the two-member inquiry Commission has said, “The Society was proposed much prior to the Kargil war and hence there was no question of it being reserved for Kargil war heroes and their widows.”
The affidavit relies on a letter of intent dated January 18, 2003 issued by the Maharashtra government which does not impose any such condition on the Society in posh Colaba area.
The high-rise was constructed after obtaining permissions from authorities, the affidavit stated.