ACB finds proof of deputy civic chief’s benami investments

The disclosure was made when Yadav, Thorat and Yenkar were produced in the court for remand hearing. Judge Deshpande extended Yadav’s Anti Corruption Bureau custody till March 7 while remanding Thorat and Yenkar to judicial custody. Soon after, Thorat and Yenkar’s lawyers submitted their bail applications. Hearing on the bail applications is scheduled on March 7.

Arguing for extension in the custody of the trio, additional public prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar said the ACB officials have seized a memorandum of understanding showing that a Thane resident Vaibhav Patil had given Rs 50 lakh to Nigdi resident Satish Agarwal towards development of a plot.

Pawar said when he was questioned by the ACB, Patil denied having paid any such amount to Agarwal. Moreover, she said, Agarwal has been absconding ever since Yadav was arrested. This, according to Pawar, proves that it was Yadav’s benami investment.

According to Pawar, attested photo copies of remand reports submitted by the investigators following the arrests of other two accused including main accused Subhash Kulkarni were recovered when ACB officials searched Yadav’s residence at Dushari village in Sangli district.

Pawar said Yadav, Thorat and Yenkar were not cooperating with the investigators.

Yadav had not disclosed how much money he had got from those to whom the TDR was allotted. Main accused Subhash Kulkarni has shown the documents submitted to the PMC along with the proposal for grant of TDR to Thorat before filing the application with the civic body, she added.