Overview
- The Economic Offences Wing has issued notices to 11 people and served a separate notice on Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar to record his statement as part of its renewed inquiry into the 40-acre Mundhwa sale.
- The notices were issued as investigators seek to reconstruct the transaction by examining documents, financial transfers and WhatsApp communications to establish who approved and executed the deal.
- Police have already filed a chargesheet against Sheetal Kishanchand Tejwani and Digvijay Amarsingh Patil and are questioning the use of a single power of attorney that purportedly represented 272 landholders.
- A key allegation under scrutiny is a roughly Rs 21 crore shortfall in stamp duty, and suspended local officials including a tehsildar and a sub-registrar face accusations of issuing improper orders and irregular registrations.
- The probe was reopened after a Bombay High Court directive to explain earlier handling of the case, and officials stress that issuing notices and recording statements are investigative steps that do not by themselves prove guilt.