ED filed supplementary chargesheet against NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, the case is related to MSCB scam

News Topical, Digital Desk : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in a case against Rohit Pawar, grandson of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA and senior leader Sharad. This chargesheet has been filed in the case of scam in Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB).

Rohit Pawar is the son of Rajendra Pawar, nephew of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Sharad Pawar, and an MLA from the Karjat-Jamkhed assembly seat of the state. In January 2024, the ED raided Rohit Pawar's business establishment Baramati Agro and other places. After that, he was called to the ED's Mumbai office and questioned.

ED filed chargesheet

Now in this case, ED has filed a supplementary chargesheet against Rohit Pawar. A few months ago, ED had seized properties worth more than Rs 50 crore of Rohit Pawar's company Baramati Agro. These include 161.30 acres of land, a sugar mill, a building located in Kannada, Aurangabad and some machines. ED says that these properties belong to Kannada Cooperative Sugar Mill Ltd., which Rohit Pawar's company Baramati Agro had allegedly acquired through rigging in an auction.

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It is alleged that Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank had taken possession of the properties of Kannada Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd. in 2009 to recover dues of Rs 80.56 crore. Later, the bank auctioned the said properties on the basis of alleged dubious prices. Rohit Pawar and his close associates bought the properties in the auction itself.

ED says that provisional orders have been issued thrice so far to confiscate properties worth Rs 121.47 crore related to this case. Now after the final confirmation of the confiscation, a supplementary charge sheet has been filed in the special PMLA court.

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