Mumbai: 69 people including Ajit Pawar (Ajit Pawar), a minister in Maharashtra government, and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party, have been given a clean chit by the Mumbai Police in the alleged scam of Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank. The Economic Offenses Wing of Mumbai Police filed a closure report of the case in a sessions court a year after the FIR was filed. Police said that there was not enough evidence to take action against the accused. Explain that in this alleged scam, the Bombay High Court had ordered the Economic Offenses Wing to register an FIR. Minister Jayant Patil was also included in the list of alleged scamsters. It was alleged that the government suffered a loss of Rs 25,000 crore due to the acts of this group.
The Enforcement Directorate had also registered a case of money laundering. The ED also recorded the statement of Ajit and NCP chief Sharad Pawar during the investigation. The ED conducted this investigation when the NDA government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party was in the state. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, the ED has opposed the closure report filed in the sessions court.
What is the claim of the police in the closure report
The closure report claimed that no irregularities or evidence were found in the investigation that lasted for a year on this alleged scam. According to Mumbai Mirror, a police officer said that we have examined thousands of documents and audit reports. Recorded statements of more than 100 people. During this investigation, it was also revealed that no evidence of Pawar’s involvement in the tendering process was found nor did he ever attend any meeting.
The report said that no complaints of misuse of any criminal misconduct, conflict of interest, irregularities or misuse of office were received. Explain that in the year 2015, activist Surinder Arora had filed a complaint with the EOW and approached the High Court to file an FIR.
