Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarath Sethia
The Vidhana Soudha police on Thursday booked a cheating case against the gunman of a former minister for cheating a civil contractor promising government tenders worth Rs.30 crore .
The accused Raghavendra had demanded 12 per cent commission for the job and had taken Rs.10 lakh towards advance from H.Raju Naik.
However when Naik realized that he has been cheated he started demanding the money back.However after repeated approach,Raghavendra returned only Rs.4 lakh and refused to return the rest of the money.
Mr.Naik in his complaint said that he had met Raghavendra at Vidhana Soudha when he came to meet the then mines and Geology and women and child welfare minister,Halappa Basappa Achar to discuss about a civic related work in 2021.
Raghavendra was his gunman and promised to get all the government projects and tenders for a commission. Raghavendra promised to get civil work contract in Mayakonda village which was worth Rs.30 crores .