High-flier airline owner lands Home

He faces nine court cases, has an FIR lodged against him and did not finish schooling, but Gopal Kanda, 45, has not let that stop him from rising in the ranks in business and politics. The millionaire owner of Murli Dhar Lakh Ram (MDLR) Airlines, Kanda is the new Haryana Minister of State for Home, attached with none other than Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Other than the distinction of winning the Assembly polls as an Independent in his previous mentor Indian National Lok Dal supremo Om Prakash Chautala’s bastion, Kanda also stands out for the nine cases against him under the Negotiable Instruments Act and faces an FIR under various sections of the IPC as well the Arms Act. These sections include rioting and obstructing government officials from performing their duties. Among the cases against Kanda, four are being heard in various Delhi courts, three in Bathinda and two in Gurgaon. He is under trial in one criminal case in a Gurgaon court. He had also been on the radar of the Income Tax authorities who once raided his premises located in Sirsa, Gurgaon and Chandigarh.
13/11/09 Mukesh Bharwdaj/Indian Express

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