Land fraud worth ₹5.73 Cr. in Pune- ED affix NCP minister's property

The Bureau of Enforcement (ED) seized property worth 5.73 million rupees belonging to the National Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse and his family as part of an investigation into a civil servant criminal misconduct case, which belonged to Bosari in Pune. The ancillary properties include a bungalow, apartment and seven plots of land valued at 4.86 crore in Jalgaon and Lonavala. Bank balances worth 8.628 million rupees were also frozen. The politician and his family were accused of defrauding the state treasury of 61.25 crore. The case involved Khadse’s relatives who purchased a plot of land for 3.75 crore in Bhosari village in Haveli taluka on April 28, 2016. 3.1 billion rupees. Previously, Khadse was interrogated by ED in January and July this year. 

The ED arrested the son-in-law Girish Chaudhari in connection with the case in July. Khadse's wife Mandakani and Bhosari's landowner Abbas Rasalbhai Ukani were also registered in this case on August 28, 2019. The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered an FIR against the Khadse family in 2017. ACB subsequently closed the case, but the Education Department continued to investigate suspected financial irregularities in handling the land. 

The Ministry of Industry acquired the land in 1971, but did not make a final judgment on the land and did not compensate the owner. According to the ED case, even though Khadse and his family knew that the package was reserved for the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), they still purchased it fraudulently so that when MIDC acquired it, they could ask the company for the package. Property compensation. The tax authorities also receive compensation that is twice the market price. Like the then Minister of Finance, Hat Khadse mobilized financial officials to allow MIDC to obtain land so that his family could request compensation for the land. Land] reached 3.101 billion rupees. 

When asked by an official from the Ministry of Education When Chaudhari purchased the land, he said that he used a loan of Rs 2 million from Benchmark Buildcon Private Limited because he knew the person in charge of the company since 2003-04. ED checked the balance sheet of Benchmark Buildcon Private Limited and found The company had no operating income in 2014-15 and 2015-16, and only generated revenue of Rs 150,000 in 2016-17. The company obtained revenue from five other companies (Proficient Merchandise Ltd, Abjayoni Trading Pvt Ltd, Adamina Traders, 

Chemexgoods Pvt Ltd and Pearl Dealers Pvt Ltd) received the funds and transferred the funds to Chaudhari. ED stated that these five companies only exist on paper and are shell companies for stratified funds. The central agency stated that this clearly shows that the source of funds for the purchase of the above-mentioned land is not real, but provided by Chowdari through various companies, as well as manipulation of the registry's records. The emergency department official suspected that he was suspected of abusing his power and the official position of the Minister of Finance at the time, and forced the relevant registration official to reflect that the market value of the package was 3.75 crore. ) Joining NCP the previous year, he acknowledged, This is a relatable , booming politically motivated case. 

Prior to this, five agencies investigated the same case and found no evidence against me. [But] I will work with ED. ». He previously claimed that investigations into the case, including those conducted by ACB and the income tax department, found no violations of the transaction. He also claimed that the central agency persecuted him because he left the People's Party and joined the National Congress Party.