Overview
- Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said no report has been submitted and called clean-chit claims for Parth Pawar baseless.
- He confirmed an eight-day extension for the five-member committee, citing election-related staffing constraints for the delay.
- The probe examines a 40-acre Mahar Vatan parcel sold for about Rs 300 crore versus an estimated Rs 1,800 crore, with a stamp-duty waiver of roughly Rs 21 crore.
- Pune Police’s Economic Offences Wing has filed a 1,886-page charge sheet, and a tehsildar and sub-registrar have faced action, with seller Sheetal Tejwani under arrest.
- Media reports of a draft exoneration for Pawar remain disputed, and stamps officials are reported to be weighing recovery of about Rs 21 crore in waived duty.