Ajit Pawar Cleared in ₹1,000 Crore Benami Property Case

The Income Tax tribunal dismissed allegations against Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister and his family, citing insufficient evidence.

The Income Tax department cleared properties worth over ₹1,000 crore that were seized in 2021 from Ajit Pawar and his family in a benami property case.
The Prevention of Benami Property Transactions Appellate Tribunal ruled that there was no evidence linking Pawar or his family to the alleged benami properties.
Seized assets included a sugar factory in Satara, a flat in Delhi, and a resort in Goa, which were found to have been acquired through legitimate financial channels.
Advocate Prashant Patil, representing the Pawar family, stated that all transactions were conducted transparently and within legal frameworks.
The ruling coincided with Ajit Pawar's swearing-in as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister alongside Eknath Shinde and under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.