Congress govt had nominated Navneet Kalra, now accused of black advertising and marketing oxygen concentrators, as a everlasting member of Golf Club
Naveen Kalra, who’s now accused of black-marketing oxygen concentrators, was patronised by the then Congress authorities. In 2006, a query was requested within the Rajya Sabha that inquired from the then Urban Development Minister, Ajay Maken, by Tarlochan Singh whether or not it was a incontrovertible fact that Union Urban Development Minister nominates individuals to develop into everlasting members of Delhi Golf Club. Further, the query requested which people have been nominated to the Golf Club between 2004-05 and 2005-06 and what was standards have been adopted of their nomination.
To this query, Ajay Maken from the Congress responded with the names of those that had been nominated to the Golf Club by the Congress authorities.
Rajya Sabha response by Ajay Maken
In his response, Ajay Maken responded that the federal government had nominated Robert Vadra, the nationwide son-in-law, JM Hans, the top of the ENT Department at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Navneet Kalra of Khan Market.
It additional defined the Minister had really useful that the Club accepts two ‘out of turn’ members yearly and one of many members that the federal government had nominated was Navneet Kalra, who’s now accused of black-marketing oxygen concentrators amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who is Navneet Kalra, the person accused of black-marketing oxygen concentrators in Delhi
The Delhi police had issued a lookout discover for absconding Delhi restaurateur Navneet Kalra. Kalra, who’s accused within the Khan market oxygen concentrators black-marketing racket, has been on the run ever since Delhi police raided his chain of upscale eating places in posh localities of Delhi and farmhouse and recovered over 500 oxygen concentrators.
Earlier, Delhi Police had seized over 450 oxygen concentrators in a number of raids throughout the town. Among this, as many as 419 machines have been recovered from companies owned by well-known businessman Navneet Kalra. During the raids on Thursday, 32 oxygen concentrators with 9 and 5 litres capability have been discovered on the Nege & Ju bar, owned by Kalra. After police arrested three individuals from the bar, they led the police to Khullar Farm in Mandi Village, the place 387 extra items have been seized.
On Friday, Delhi Police raided different companies owned by Kalra and recovered extra oxygen concentrator. They seized 9 concentrators from the Town Hall restaurant and bar at Lodhi Colony, and 96 items have been discovered on the in style Khan Chacha eatery in Khan Market. Thus, a complete of 524 items have been seized from eating places owned by Kalra up to now.
The first raid was carried out after the police acquired a tipoff from a WhatsApp message the place Navneet Kalra had despatched his account particulars to his acquaintances in lieu of a concentrator. According to police, throughout their raid at Nege & Ju bar yesterday, they discovered one individual engaged on a laptop computer and dealing with orders of oxygen concentrator by ‘Xpect Everything online portal’. Police have stated that oxygen concentrators have been taken by way of the net portal in addition to by WhatsApp teams.
Navneet Kalra imported the oxygen concentrators from China at round Rs 20,000-25,000, and bought them in Delhi for not less than Rs 70,000, making an enormous revenue when the calls for for the machines are very excessive within the metropolis because of the scarcity of oxygen for Covid-19 sufferers. Reportedly, they’ve bought round 50 items up to now.
Navneet Kalra owns a number of eateries in Delhi and owns the retail chain Dayal Opticals, which was based by his father Dayal Dass Kalra. His eating places among the many most well-known in Delhi, and are frequented by VIPs like celebrities and politicians.
