Solomon Dwek, a 36-year-old real estate developer, has been identified as the main cooperating witness in themassive government corruption probe announced today in Newark, N.
For much of the 19th and 20th centuries the city's local politics were dominated by Tammany Hall, as the local Democratic organisation was known, which provided modest services for the poor in exchange for votes and at the cost of massivecorruption.
Justice Hegde had already shown how effective a state level ombudsman can be, and had already exposed massivecorruption in the mining industry in Karnataka state.
Themassive demand for housing around India's cities and pervasive corruption often result in builders adding unauthorized floors or putting up illegal buildings.
Last year, Mr Lawan chaired the House of Representative committee that produced the fuel scam report, accusing some of those who import fuel of massivecorruption.