IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal writes to Maharashtra CM, accuses ex-corporator of mental harassment

Letter alleges Sanjay Ghadigaonkar was part of the gang that started an era of blackmailing and extortion in the Thane Municipal Corporation

Senior IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray accusing Sanjay Ghadigaonkar, a former corporator of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), of mental harassment. Mr. Jaiswal was recently transferred as Additional Commissioner from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to Managing Director of the State Fisheries Development Corporation. In his letter, the officer alleged that Mr. Ghadigaonkar was a member of the “Golden Gang”, which started “an era of blackmailing and extortion in the TMC with the support of the police”. Mr. Jaiswal said Mr. Ghadigaonkar’s enmity and hostility against him started when he disqualified him as a corporator of the Congress party from the TMC after his bogus caste certificate was set aside by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. He had filed an appeal against it in the High Court and Supreme Court, however, his appeal was dismissed, the letter said. Mr. Jaiswal was the then municipal commissioner of the TMC.