Overview
- Pimpri-Chinchwad police arrested sub-registrar Ravindra Balkrushna Taru from Bhor and plan to seek his custody in court.
- Pune Police EOW arrested power-of-attorney holder Sheetal Tejwani on December 3 and Pimpri-Chinchwad police have applied to take her into their custody after her current remand ends.
- An IGR inquiry led by Rajendra Muthe found Taru used a “skip” option in the e-mutation system to treat government land as movable, bypassing required ownership verification under Section 18 of the Registration Act.
- Authorities allege the 40-acre parcel was sold to Amadea Enterprises LLP for about Rs 300 crore despite an estimated value of around Rs 1,800 crore, with the Bavdhan FIR citing roughly Rs 6 crore in stamp-duty loss as opposition figures question a higher liability.
- Two FIRs are active—at Bavdhan and Khadak (transferred to Pune EOW)—naming Tejwani, Digvijay Patil and Taru, as opposition parties press the government on why no case has been filed against partner Parth Pawar.