Reliance-linked firm gave Rs 375 crore to BJP through electoral bonds, fresh data reveals
New Delhi: Fresh data released by the Election Commission on March 21 revealed that a relatively unknown firm linked to the Reliance Group, Qwik Supply Chain Private Limited, donated a substantial amount of Rs 375 crore to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) through electoral bonds. Additionally, the company also allocated Rs 35 crore worth of bonds to the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party.
According to the data, on January 5, 2022, Qwik Supply purchased bonds worth Rs 225 crore. Of this amount, the BJP encashed Rs 200 crore on January 10, 2022, while the remaining Rs 25 crore were redeemed by the Shiv Sena on January 6, 2022.
Furthermore, on January 10, 2022, Qwik Supply bought bonds worth Rs 10 crore, which were later encashed by the Nationalist Congress Party on January 11, 2022.
Nearly eleven months later, on November 1, 2022, Qwik Supply acquired 125 bonds worth Rs 1 crore each. All of these bonds were encashed by the BJP on November 14, 2022.
A year after that, on November 17, 2023, Qwik Supply procured another set of bonds amounting to Rs 50 crore, which were subsequently redeemed by the BJP on November 20, 2023.
Reports indicate that over 50% of the stake in Qwik Supply is held by three Reliance Group companies. Additionally, one of Qwik's directors, Tapas Mitra, is also associated with several Reliance Group entities. According to his Linkedin profile, he holds a position at Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited.
Responding to inquiries, a spokesperson from Reliance clarified that Qwik Supply Chain Pvt Ltd is not a subsidiary of any Reliance entity.
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Nashik court sends ‘godman’ Kharat to 3-day police custody in 7th sexual exploitation case
Nashik (PTI): A court in Maharashtra's Nashik has remanded self-styled astrologer-cum-godman Ashok Kharat to police custody till April 29 in the seventh case of sexual exploitation registered against him.
Kharat, a former Merchant Navy officer arrested on March 18, is accused of sexually exploiting several women and indulging in large-scale financial fraud by claiming to have divine powers and knowledge of black magic.
In the seventh case, Kharat sexually exploited a married woman who had approached him in search of solutions to her family problems.
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The accused allegedly gave the woman something to drink, sexually assaulted her while her husband sat outside his office and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about it.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing into 12 cases of sexual exploitation and financial fraud registered against Kharat in Nashik and Ahilyanagar districts, on Sunday filed a request application in the court demanding his custody in the seventh case.
Kharat was produced in court for a virtual hearing in the seventh case on Monday.
The prosecution demanded six-day police custody for Kharat, citing the discovery of a locker in Kharat's house during the investigation, from which the police recovered two blank cheques and other documents, all of which have to be probed.
The court agreed to the prosecution's demand and remanded Kharat to three-day police custody till April 29 in the case.
Kharat has been at the centre of a political firestorm, as he was well-connected, and photographs of him with political leaders and other important members of society have been surfacing in mainstream and social media since his arrest.
