Bikaner: Bikaner's former royal family is not untouched by disputes that usually surround members of various former royal families in Rajasthan. While the former royal family of Udaipur is already grappling with a dispute, now a member of the former royal family of Bikaner is also bogged down due to a case.
An FIR has been registered against former MLA of Bikaner and former princess Siddhi Kumari at Bikaner's Bichwal police station based on the complaint of a firm running a hotel which is part of the property of the former royal family of Bikaner.
The firm running the hotel in Laxmi Niwas Palace approached the court for relief. Following this, the FIR is registered against Siddhi Kumari. Bichwal police station in-charge Govind Singh Charan said that Rajiv Mishra of Golden Force and Palace Private Limited, the firm running the hotel, alleged that three lease deeds were made with Siddhi Kumari's father Shivang Narendra Singh in 1999, in exchange for which fifty lakh rupees were given.
After this, crores of rupees were spent on the maintenance of the hotel over the years, but on 4 April 2010, Siddhi Kumari took three crore rupees herself and collected one crore rupees in the name of Rajyashri, the complaint said. Despite this, obstacles are constantly being created in the operation of Laxmi Niwas Hotel, it alleged.