Adarsh Society scam chief promoter Kanhaiyalal Gidwani dies

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Agencies: Mumbai, Nov 27 2012, 10:21 IST

Former Congress legislator Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, who was charge sheeted in the Adarsh Society scam, died here today following a brief illness.

Gidwani, 64, was undergoing treatment at the Breach Candy Hospital here and died due to a heart ailment, family sources said

He was the chief promoter of the controversial Adarsh Society in Colaba and had also worked as spokesperson of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.

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Steven Bailong | 27-Nov-2012Reply | Forward

this Adarsh scam i believe hopefully will be justified, maybe during my great great grandson's era...? there's a trend in India seemingly trying to pop out that we are the last person on earth who wants justice.coming back to the scam, there was a news a few days before the a man was jailed after 13 years of an incident that made him mandatory to appear court. his wife died due to his rash driving. funny, it took 13 years for the case. after 13 years he is already married, had kins and now the court just pop up with warrants as if the crime was just 24 hours passe..?