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When Ajit Pawar was asked how the cost of the land was considered so less as compared to the market value, he claimed the auction procedure was carried out by the Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC) Bank. (Photo: PTI)
As the Enforcement Department (ED) continues to investigate the Jarandeshwar Sugar Mill case in Maharashtra s Satara district, it is now alleged that 41 other cooperative sugar mills in the state were also sold at meagre prices.
The said mills were allegedly sold by the Maharashtra government and Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank between 2008-2014 for a value of Rs 5 crore to Rs 65 crore each.
Vidyadhar Anaskar led Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC) Bank has earned a net profit of Rs 369 crore in the 2020-2021 FY, the highest ever in the hist
A court here on Saturday began the hearing on a petition filed by activist Anna Hazare against the closure report filed by Mumbai Police in the alleged Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was one of the accused named in the case. The court heard the matter for some time on Saturday and adjourned it to March 15, Hazare s lawyer said. Besides Hazare, Surinder Arora, the original informant in the case, has also filed a protest petition challenging the police s decision to close the probe for want of evidence. The Economic Offences Wing of police had registered the case under IPC sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating), the Prevention of Corruption Act, and Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act.
Ajit Pawar, others get clean chit in MSC Bank scam
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, rural development minister Hasan Mushrif, former MPs Vikaysinh Mohite Patil and Anandrao Adsul and about 72 others have been given a clean chit by the committee appointed by the Cooperation Department in the alleged Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank scam.
Earlier, the Special Investigation Team had given a clean chit in the same case. The police last year had filed a C summary in the special anti-corruption bureau (ACB) court after the EOWâs SIT found that no criminal aspect was to be investigated in the case.