Overview
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the case “prima facie serious” and set up a high-level committee, with Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Vikas Kharge named to lead the inquiry in official briefings.
- Tehsildar Suryakant Yewale and sub-registrar R.B. Taru were suspended over registration irregularities, with the Inspector General of Registration noting the apparent absence of a required NOC and that registration should not proceed if the land is government-owned.
- The transaction under scrutiny involves about 40 acres in Pune’s Mundhwa/Koregaon Park area, allegedly transferred for roughly ₹300 crore to Amadea Enterprises LLP, where Parth Pawar is a partner; documents reviewed by reporters list his address for the firm.
- Activists and opposition leaders allege a stamp-duty waiver of around ₹21 crore or payment of only ₹500 and claim the land’s market value is far higher, citing unusually rapid departmental movement of the file.
- Ajit Pawar and Parth Pawar deny wrongdoing, while Industries Minister Uday Samant says his department approved no stamp-duty concession under the IT policy and that a Letter of Intent does not grant financial benefits.