The bungalow of former BJP MLA Harvansh Singh Rathore looks royal. The bungalow has a collection of wild animals including tiger skins, deer horns, and crocodiles. After the Income Tax survey, four crocodiles were rescued from the bungalow. The Rathore family has been passionate about wildlife for generations.
By Neeraj Pandey
Published Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:50:24 PM (IST)
Updated Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:52:03 PM (IST)
HighLights
- The bungalow was decorated with tiger skin and deer horns.
- Four crocodiles have been rescued from the bungalow.
- Media and entry restrictions on bungalow after IT.
State Bureau, Naiduniya, Bhopal. The bungalow of former BJP MLA from Banda Harvansh Singh Rathore, who came into limelight after the Income Tax Department’s survey action, also looks like a king-maharaja. The dining hall of the bungalow is decorated with tiger skins and deer horns.
The Income Tax Department team had informed about the presence of crocodiles in the bungalow, after which rescue is being done to catch the crocodiles. So far the forest department has rescued four crocodiles. The department is doing this in a very confidential manner. Forest officials of Sagar are avoiding giving any kind of information.
royal grandeur
At the same time, no one is being allowed to enter the former MLA’s bungalow during the rescue operation. There is a complete ban on the entry of outsiders, but even inside the bungalow, the picture of grandeur is being created by the Facebook account of former MLA Harvansh Singh Rathore himself on the internet media.
Tiger skin, deer horns on the wall
In the pictures of the dining room seen inside the bungalow, the grandeur of the walls is seen to be no less than the special Diwan of a King or Maharaja. Tiger skins as well as deer horns are hung on the walls.
In this dining room, former MLA Harvansh Singh Rathore welcomes his guests. Two skins of a tiger along with the skull and horns of a black buck are also visible in the pictures. There are also such pictures on social media, in which Forest Department employees are welcoming the former MLA inside the bungalow.
Wild animals have been raised for three generations
According to sources, wild animals have been rearing at Rathore bungalow for three generations. There is a temple built inside the bungalow. There is also a small zoo in the bungalow. Apart from crocodiles, there used to be other wild animals in it. Birds of various species were also reared, this place was public.
Any person from the city could come and go here, but after the survey by the Income Tax Department, entry into the bungalow has been banned. The rescue team of the forest department was also allowed to enter after counting, there is complete strictness on the entry of media.
Harvansh Singh Rathore was MLA once and JIP President twice.
Harvansh Singh Rathore is the son of Sagar’s senior BJP leader and former minister Harnam Singh Rathore. Like his father, Harvansh Singh also remained in active politics of BJP. He has been the MLA from Banda Assembly seat from 2013 to 2018. In 2018, he lost the election from Banda to Tarwar Singh Lodhi of Congress.
He did not get the ticket in the 2023 assembly elections. Along with this, Harvansh Singh Rathore has also been the President of District Panchayat twice. He has good relations with big leaders of the party. Since the time of Dada Dulichand Rathore, he has been fond of wild animals.
