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- Court application by Anti-Corruption Bureau
The Bhosli land scam is likely to be re-investigated against former minister and Nationalist Congress MLA Eknath Khadse. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has applied to the Pune court seeking permission to conduct a re-investigation in this regard. Experts say that the problem will increase against Khadse.
ACB had given Khadse a clean chit in 2018 in the land scam case at Bhosli. However, right to information activist Anjali Damania filed a petition in the Pune court in this regard on the basis of various evidences and demanded continuation of the case against Khasde. The matter is currently being heard.
However, after the change of power in the state, the ACB seems to have become active again. Meanwhile, the government recently dealt a big shock to Khadsa by canceling the board of directors and investigating the recruitment scam of District Milk Union at Jalgam.
The report was submitted to the government by former judge DS Zoting, chairman of the one-member committee appointed by the then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to probe the Bhosli land corruption case. He gave a clean chit to Khadse after the investigation stating that he was not guilty in the case. However, Damania’s lawyer Ed. Asim Sarode objected and asked the court for approval.
ACB’s change of mind
Anjali Damania’s lawyer Asim Sarode said that the ACB had given her a clean chit in the ongoing Bhosari land scam against Khads. ACB seems to have changed its mind after the change of government in the state. He has requested the court to reinvestigate this matter by interfering with our case. If the court has asked our opinion on it, we have said that we have no objection for re-investigation. The next hearing in this matter will be held on August 26. In this regard, we have also given evidence to the ED, they have started the investigation by filing a case of money laundering in this case.