new Delhi. Anil Paliwal, Rajasthan’s top police officer and confidant in Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s administration, has a business interest with Gehlot’s associates. This information came from a document viewed by IANS. The way the political crisis has deepened in Rajasthan, it is alleged that Gehlot is using politically motivated and corrupt bureaucrats to target the opposition in Rajasthan.
The Rajasthan Special Operation Group (SOG) has been seen to be actively targeting political rivals. SOG served notice to Congress rebel Sachin Pilot. Paliwal was then ADG in charge of SOG.
Paliwal is the same officer who has filed an FIR against the Sanjeevani Co-operative Society for implicating Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat.
It is now coming to light that Paliwal and his family have many business partnerships with Gehlot and his associates.
The documents seen reveal that Paliwal’s wife Sarika Anil Paliwal is a promoter at Triton Hotels & Resorts along with Ratan Kant Sharma, which houses the Fairmount Hotel. According to an insider, Ratankant Sharma is known as Vaibhav Gehlot’s business partner. Vaibhav Gehlot is the son of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Paliwal’s wife is also a promoter of Golden Peace Resorts and Mayank Sharma Enterprises.
The complexity of the Gehlot family’s business interests is woven in such a way that Mayank Sharma Enterprises shareholders are also shareholders of Triton Hotels & Resorts.
As per the ROC documents seen, the address of Sarika Paliwal, Ratan Kant Sharma and other promoters of Triton Hotels and Resorts is also 103 Shantivan, 2A, Raheja Township Malad (E).
Sarika Paliwal is a promoter shareholder with Mayank Sharma and PL Kamlesh of Triton Hotels and Resorts, which was incorporated on 14 March 2007 in Mumbai.
Sarika Paliwal holds 3500 shares out of 7500 shares of Tritone. Later 3500 shares were transferred to Ratan Kant Sharma and his wife Juhi Sharma, who are now 50 per cent shareholders of Triton Hotels.
Sarika Paliwal is a shareholder and director of Golden Peace Resorts and Hotels and Mayank Sharma Enterprises and is a close business associate of Ratankant Sharma, who is being described as partner of Vaibhav Gehlot.
Sarika Paliwal currently holds an 11 percent share of Mayank Sharma Enterprises, which owns the Five Star Hotel Le Meridien in Jaipur.
The shareholders of Triton Resorts are also shareholders of Mayank Sharma Enterprises, so a general business interest is established.
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