Overview
- Justice Madhav Jamdar asked in open court whether police were protecting the deputy chief minister’s son by omitting him from the FIR.
- Sheetal Tejwani’s High Court anticipatory-bail plea was withdrawn, and a Pune court extended her police custody by four days after prosecutors said she is withholding details of the Rs 300 crore transaction.
- The Economic Offences Wing jointly questioned Tejwani and suspended tehsildar Suryakant Yewale and has seized the original sale deed and power-of-attorney documents.
- Investigators say the 40-acre Mundhwa plot, classified as Mahar watan and leased to the Botanical Survey of India, was sold to Amadea Enterprises without required state approval and with disputed stamp-duty exemptions.
- Officials note Parth Pawar is a majority partner in Amadea but is not named in the FIR, a registrar’s committee earlier cited the absence of his signature on documents, and the state says it will act as per law.