Chandigarh, June 2 -- The Chandigarh unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged a Rs.100-crore scam in the booking of community centres meant to be available for free for the economically weaker sections (EWS).

Addressing mediapersons on Sunday, the party leaders accused a nexus of middlemen, fake councillor endorsements and municipal staff of manipulating the booking process to illegally charge poor families between Rs.26,000 and Rs.55,000 per booking.

Vikrant A Tanwar, media in-charge of AAP, Chandigarh, alleged that the booking process-meant to be free for EWS applicants-was hijacked by impersonators using forged documents, fake councillor stamps and falsified signatures.

In one case, a resident of Sector 41 was allegedly charged...