Overview

• A Dahod sessions court granted bail to Balvantsinh Khabad on a ₹15,000 surety bond and imposed passport surrender and travel curbs.
• The FIR charges cheating, forgery and breach of trust over uncompleted MGNREGA work in Devgadh Baria and Dhanpur talukas.
• Dahod police continue probing the alleged diversion of ₹71 crore through forged work completion certificates and irregular procurements.
• Congress has urged the expulsion of minister Bachubhai Khabad and called for ED, CBI and Income Tax Department investigations into the fraud and GST compliance.
• The case has intensified scrutiny of MGNREGA procurement rules after contracts were allegedly awarded directly to firms owned by the minister’s sons.