Bhopal. The shadow of crisis over the legislature of Congress MLA Arif Masood from the capital Bhopal is continuously deepening. It is noteworthy that Dhruv Narayan Singh, who was the BJP candidate in the assembly elections, had filed an election petition against him in the High Court, alleging that Arif Masood had hidden information during the elections. One of these allegations is that Masood had not given information about the loan of about Rs 50 lakh taken in the name of himself and his wife in the nomination form submitted during the elections. Regarding this, the Congress MLA had filed an application in the High Court to cancel the petition of BJP candidate Dhruv Narayan. But the High Court rejected his application. After this, challenging the decision of the High Court, Arif Masood filed a petition in the Supreme Court and claimed that the documents presented were fake. The Supreme Court had again directed the High Court to hear the case on the basis of evidence.
High Court accepted that Masood hid loan information
While hearing the petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the High Court had ordered Arif Masood to provide the records related to the loan by October 18 and present it in the court. Along with this, the High Court had sought information about the loan of the Congress MLA and his wife from the SBI branch manager. After hearing the final arguments in the hearing held on Tuesday, it was accepted that the documents presented for loan from SBI Bank, Bhopal are true and authorized by the bank officer. The court also determined that Arif Masood had hidden information about this loan during the elections. During the hearing, the bank manager also admitted that the loan documents issued were true and as per the records of the bank. The High Court accepted that the loan documents are genuine and cannot be considered forged in any way. Experts say that if in the final hearing it is proved that Arif Masood and his wife had hidden the information about the loan taken during the elections, then they will be found guilty of corruption. In such a situation, his legislative tenure may end. The next hearing in the case will be on January 3.