Mundhwa land dead: Two chargesheets filed against Tejwani by Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad police

A senior police officer with Pune City police said, “Chargesheet against Tejwani was filed on January 27. Our probe primarily focused on the overarching conspiracy under which the government land was sold to the private firm in violation of various rules and laws. Supporting evidence, witness statements and connected paper trail has been incorporated in the chargesheet. Probe against Digvijay Patil, Parth Pawar’s partner in Amadea, and suspended tehsildar Suryakant Yewale, is currently on.”

A senior officer from Pimpri Chinchwad police said, “On Monday we filed chargesheet against Tejwani and Taru. The focus of our probe is the stamp duty waiver for the sale deed which was registered in May last year. The chargesheet comprises document evidence and key details revealed in the probe about connivance between Tejwani and the government official to fraudulently obtain stamp duty waiver.”

The Pune land deal has been embroiled in a controversy as the land in Mundhwa, that fell under the category of Mahar Watan land and was leased to the Botanical Survey of India, was sold to Amadea Enterprises LLP without the mandatory approval of the state government.

Tejwani, who is currently in judicial custody was first arrested by the EOW on December 3 last year as part of the probe into the First Information Report (FIR) registered at Khadak police station on November 7. She was subsequently arrested by the Pimpri Chinchwad police in connection to the probe about stamp duty waiver in the case registered at Bavdhan police station.

The land parcel in Mundhwa which was earlier a Mahar Watan — a hereditary land grant — was in possession of the government and was leased to the Botanical Survey of India.

A separate FIR has been registered in connection to Mundhwa land parcel at Bavdhan police station under the Pimpri Chinchwad police. Digvijay Patil, partner of Parth Pawar in the Amadea Enterprises LLP, has been named as an accused in both cases investigated by Pune police and Pimpri Chinchwad police.

Following the complaint filed by the office Inspector General of Registration (IGR) in connection to allegations of graft and irregularities in a multi crore land deal involving Amadea Enterprises LLP, an FIR was filed at Bavdhan police station on November 6. The FIR under provisions of cheating and criminal breach of trust was filed against Patil, Tejwani and Ravindra Taru, the now-suspended sub-registrar who registered the deal. Taru is also in judicial custody.

Pune City Police have earlier clarified that FIR registered at Khadak police station which was subsequently transferred to the EOW — pertains to alleged irregularities involving two separate land parcels in Bopodi and Mundhwa, linked by a common factor: the suspended tehsildar Suryakant Yewale, who is accused of issuing wrongful orders in both cases.