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Pune land deal: When asked about Parth’s name not being in the FIR, CM Fadnavis said that an FIR has been registered against the signatories and sellers.
Pune land deal: After Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar announced the cancellation of a land deal bought by his son Parth’s company in Pune, officials said the company will have to pay double the stamp duty to get the transaction cancelled. This fee is Rs 42 crore. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that action in the Pune land deal case is being taken as per law. There is no question of saving anyone. When asked about the absence of Parth’s name in the FIR, Fadnavis said that an FIR has been registered against the signatories and vendors and those found guilty in the investigation will be booked. He said that those who do not even understand what an FIR is are the ones who are making baseless allegations. When an FIR is lodged, it is lodged against the obvious parties involved. An FIR has been registered against the company and its authorized signatories in this case.
Sharad Pawar supported the investigation
NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar said he supports the investigation into the controversial land deal related to his grandson Parth’s company. Maharashtra Congress president Harsh Vardhan Sapkal demanded that the state government release a ‘white paper’ on land transactions in Pune and Mumbai and hold a day-long discussion on the issue during the upcoming winter session of the state legislature. An official said the registration and stamps department has informed Digvijay Amarsingh Patil, cousin of Parth Pawar and a partner at Amadiya Enterprises LLP, that the firm will have to pay the earlier 7 per cent stamp duty (5 per cent under the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1 per cent local body tax and 1 per cent metro cess). Because it had sought exemption by claiming that a data center was proposed on the land. The company will also have to pay an additional 7 percent stamp duty to execute the cancellation deed, the official said.
40 acres of government land also under investigation
He said the firm had claimed exemption in stamp duty at the time of the sale deed saying that a data center would be set up on the land. However, the cancellation deed shows that the plan has been abandoned. On Thursday, the sale deed of 40 acres of government land in posh Mundhwa area to Amadiya Enterprises came under scrutiny due to lack of necessary approvals. Opposition leaders alleged that its market value was Rs 1,800 crore. Based on the complaint lodged by the Inspector General Registrar Office, the Pimpri Chinchwad police registered an FIR for embezzlement and fraud against Digvijay Patil, Sheetal Tejwani (who represented 272 ‘owners’ of the land through power of attorney) and sub-registrar RB Taru. Ajit Pawar claimed on Friday that Parth was not aware that the land purchased by his firm belonged to the government.
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