Bhopal, April 5 -- District Collector Kaushlendra Vikram Singh has removed Shabana Shoaib Qureshi from her position as councillor of Ward-7 in Bhopal's Berasia Nagar Palika after investigations revealed she had contested elections using a fraudulent OBC certificate.
The disqualification comes with a six-year ban, during which Qureshi will be ineligible to contest for councillor positions in any Nagar Palika or Nagar Panchayat across Madhya Pradesh.
The investigation began when Parveen Bee, an independent candidate who lost to Qureshi in the elections, filed a petition in the Collector's Court challenging the authenticity of Qureshi's backward class certificate. The petition alleged that Qureshi had submitted a fake OBC certificate issued ...