Material supplier arrested in second NREGA scam case

Vadodara: The proprietor of a firm which purportedly supplied material for scam-affected NREGA works at Lavariya village in Devgadhbaria taluka of Dahod was arrested on Thursday, as soon as he was released on bail in the first case, which pertained to irregularities worth Rs 71 crore. Parth Baria, the proprietor of NJ Enterprise, was first arrested for the Rs 71 crore case, in which the sons of Gujarat minister for agriculture and panchayats, Bachu Khabad, were also accused. He was in judicial custody and applied for bail in a magisterial court. Baria was granted bail in the Rs 71 crore case on Thursday but was arrested soon after he came out of jail, for the case relating to irregularities worth Rs 18.4 lakh at Lavariya. Earlier, Khabad's younger son, Kiran, was also arrested in the Lavariya case as soon as he stepped out of prison.Kiran is currently in judicial custody along with his elder brother, Balwant. The older sibling was also granted bail in the Rs 71 crore offence but was subsequently accused in a case relating to NREGA works at Bhanpur village in Dhanpur taluka a couple of days after his release and was re-arrested.