Pune land deal case: ED probes authenticity of income dept doc submitted by Eknath Khadse

THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate (ED) is probing the authenticity of a doc of the income division, submitted by NCP chief Eknath Khadse throughout his questioning final week, after detecting alleged anomalies in it with regard to the minutes of a gathering submitted by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in reference to the Pune land deal case.
The ED claimed that whereas recording his assertion, Khadse was confronted with the minutes of the assembly dated May 2, 2016. At this assembly, which was chaired by Khadse because the income minister, the chief, who was with the BJP at the moment, is alleged to have given instructions to authorities to execute the sale deed of a chunk of land in favour of his spouse and son-in-law, the ED mentioned. The copy of the minutes submitted by Khadse earlier than the Central company has a handwritten addition, stating that “action should be taken as per law”. However, ED claimed, that the minutes of the identical assembly submitted by the MIDC, to which the land belonged, don’t point out the handwritten observe. “We suspect that the addition was made as an afterthought to claim that the meeting ended with authorities concerned being asked to take action as per law. It was done to evade action by investigating agencies looking into the irregularities in the land deal,” an ED official mentioned.
The ED alleged that Khadse’s son-in-law Girish Chaudhri, who’s at the moment underneath arrest, entered right into a sale deed to accumulate the MIDC land in Bhosari, Pune, to avail a compensation quantity 2.5 to 3 instances larger than the precise worth. The land was registered at a a lot decrease fee, of Rs 3.75 crore, towards the prevailing worth of Rs 31 crore, it mentioned.
On Monday, ED sought additional custody of Chaudhri and claimed earlier than the particular courtroom that Khadse was “instrumental” in getting the sale deed of the property. The ED mentioned that when he was confronted with the minutes of the 2016 assembly, Khadse admitted his presence however mentioned that he had no authority to offer instructions.
The ED advised the courtroom that the minutes submitted by Khadse “appeared to be forged”, a cost that Chaudhri’s lawyer Mohan Tekavde denied. There was no entry within the title of MIDC as proprietor of the land and therefore, there was no query of acquiring any objections from it earlier than getting into a sale deed, Tekavde added.
The ED additionally claimed that it had recorded the assertion of a person claiming to have the ability of legal professional of the unique proprietor of the land, including that he mentioned that though he had given his signature, he was not conscious of the transaction. The Central company alleges that whereas Chaudhri claimed that the land was bought via funds taken as mortgage from a number of corporations, the quantity appeared routed via shell corporations.

The particular courtroom had mentioned on Monday that whereas the genuineness of the minutes of the assembly and possession of the land have been “argued upon by both parties”, it was not essential to enter into the deserves of the transaction on the stage of remand. “However, from the investigation papers, it could be seen that there is inconsistent statements by Khadse with respect to the transactions,” the courtroom had mentioned, including that contemplating the statements recorded to date on the transactions and entries of overseas foreign money as alleged by the ED, alternative for truthful and simply investigation wanted to be given to the company. It despatched Chaudhri to additional custody until Thursday.