Vastu Expert, Who Claimed 'Faults' In Parliament Building, Caught For Rs 65 Crore Fraud
NDTV
Assam Police, in collaboration with the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, arrested Bansal and his brother on Monday.
In 1997, the well-known Vastu Shastri Khushdeep Bansal made headlines after claiming that the Parliament House library had "architectural defects", stating that to be the reason why governments fell. Nearly 30 years later, Bansal's name has once again come up; this time in connection with a massive fraud amounting to Rs 65 crore.
Assam Police, in collaboration with the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, arrested Bansal and his brother on Monday. The Counter Intelligence Unit (CI) of the Special Cell executed the arrest in the Barakhamba area of the national capital.
Monday morning, Assam Police secured the accused on transit remand and swiftly departed for Assam, where they face charges in the ongoing Rs 65 crore Autonomous Council scam. The scam also involves the son of a Congress leader from Madhya Pradesh.
