#Breaking #Khargone
How a trust owned by Hindus used an Urdu name "Tanzeem-E-Zarkhez" allegedly to spread Islamophobia & pooled over 200 acres of land on throwaway price.
Later, it was renamed as Prof PC Mahajan Foundation.
Now, a BJP leader is chairman of the trust.
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A group of 11+ Hindu formed a charitable trust with an Urdu name #Tanzeem-E-Zarkhez in 2002 & appointed Zakir Shaikh as its manager.
Zakir, who sported a long beard was allegedly used to spread a propaganda that a Muslim trust is buying lands to open butcher house & graveyard.
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Many Hindu / Muslim farmers fell into the trap & sold their lands on throwaway price to Tanzeem-E-Zarkhez & Prakash Smirti Sewa Sansthan, another trust owned by the same group.
PSSS was formed in 1996. It made over 20K members through a lucrative chit fund business model.
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In 2007-08, Tanzeem-E-Zarkhez was renamed after Professor PC Mahajan Foundation, father of Ravi Mahajan, director of the trust.
Trust pooled the land to use it for social work. But, now, it is building homes on these lands & selling at a higher price, said a worker of Trust.
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Farmers who sold their lands then felt cheated and gave an application to Khargone SP demanding action.
Members of PSSS also demanded justice.
There is more.
The whistleblower of this alleged scam is an RSS worker and advocate Sudheer Kulkarni.
A detailed story soon.
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