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Suresh Jain
Indian politician, convicted criminal in scam
Sureshkumar Bhikamchand Jain, (known as Suresh Jain), is an Indian politician from Jalgaon, Maharashtra. He changed his party affiliation a number of times in his political career and has been elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha for a record nine times.[3][needs update]He is a convicted criminal in the Jalgaon housing scam.
He was a minister in Maharashtra government and was a main conspirator in Jalgaon Gharkul Ghotala (transl. Jalgaon housing scam).[4][5][6] The court granted him 7 year imprisonment when found guilty. Due to the scam Jalgaon Municipal Corporation lost 150 crore rupees. It is considered as one of the massive corruption scam in Maharashtra.[7][8]