Mumbai: The court handling cases of MPs and MLAs on Friday accepted two closure reports submitted by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in the ₹25,000 crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank scam, involving key political figures who headed the bank and its subsidiaries. The EOW had already cleared the late Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, and their nephew Rohit Pawar of any wrongdoing.
Judge Mahesh K. Jadhav also dismissed a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking to intervene and oppose the closure reports. The judge noted that a similar plea by the ED against the EOW’s first closure report had already been rejected, with an appeal currently pending before the Bombay High Court. Additionally, the court rejected protest petitions from around 50 individuals, including social activist Anna Hazare, who had opposed the closure of the case. The official court orders are expected to be released next week.
The ED, in its plea, argued that it was an affected party since its money-laundering case was based on the EOW’s FIR. During its investigation, the ED had taken action against those allegedly involved, including attaching properties linked to Ajit, Sunetra, and Rohit Pawar, such as a mill. However, the court reaffirmed the findings of the EOW, effectively giving a clean chit to the accused politicians.
The ruling brings a significant development in one of Maharashtra’s most high-profile financial fraud cases, closing the chapter on allegations against the Pawar family while legal challenges from other parties remain pending.
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