Pune Land Deal Case Live Updates: Ajit Pawar says sale deed stands cancelled, not a single paisa exchanged

The land linked to the multi-hundred crore scam in Pune district is a Mahar Watan land.

Mahar Watan land is a term rooted in Maharashtra’s socio-historical land tenure system.

It refers to land that was traditionally granted to members of the Mahar (now in Scheduled Caste category) community as compensation for performing hereditary village duties under the old Watan system.

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The Pune Police has filed an FIR against multiple accused for irregularities in the multi-hundred crore land deal in Pune involving Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar, his associate Digvijay Patil and Sheetal Tejwani.

Patil and Tejwani are also directors of the firm involved in the scam.

Digvijay Patil, 25, is Sunetra Pawar’s nephew. Patil and Parth Pawar serve as directors of Maharashtra Redevelopment Construction LLP, Amadea Enterprises LLP, and Amadea Holdings LLP.

Sheetal Tejwani, on the other hand, was named in the FIR linked to the multi-crore Seva Vikas Bank loan fraud.

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Ajit Pawar said, "For us rule is more important than power and post. Parth and Digvijay were not in know about the deal."

CM Devendra Fadnavis formed an inquiry committee to probe the allegations of graft in a Pune land deal, involving a company linked to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar and Digvijay Patil.

There was no phone call from the Deputy CM's office made regarding any land deal. Nobody has put any pressure. Let there be probe. Let there be doodh ka doodh , pani ka pani. This is a government land. It is Mahar Watan land.

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said, "I will clarify my stand. I have never flouted any rules in my three decades old career. I have always maintained that every decision or deal should be within rules. I have never supported any wrong doing.

"Yesterday, I also told the Chief Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) to launch an investigation. In this issue there is not a single rupee transaction. All the documents in the land deal have been cancelled," he added.