Tighten the noose on Ajit Pawar: Preparation to seize properties worth more than 1400 crores of Deputy CM of Maharashtra, IT department sent notice

After the arrest of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, now another central agency seems to be tightening the noose on the current Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. The Income Tax Department has issued a temporary notice to confiscate several registered properties of Ajit Pawar. This includes 27 properties in Maharashtra, a resort worth 250 crores in Goa, and a sugar mill worth 600 crores. It also includes some properties in Delhi. These properties are worth more than 1400 crores.

The IT department has also raided the houses of several members of Pawar's family in the past. Among those to whom the notice has been sent, there are also some properties of Ajit Pawar's sisters. During that time, unaccounted assets worth Rs 184 crore were unearthed after raiding the premises of Pawar's relatives. The department had raided more than 70 locations on 7 October. During this, IT had also raided Anant Marx Pvt Ltd, a company owned by Parth Pawar, son of Ajit Pawar.

Which properties have been ordered to seize

1. Includes Jarandeshwar Sugar Factory with a market value of 600 crores.

2. Rs 20 crore flat located in South Delhi.

3. Nirmal Office of Parth Pawar, son of Ajit Pawar, its value is about 25 crores.

4. Rs 250 crore resort built in Goa under the name 'Nilay'.

5. Apart from this, the land of 27 different places of Maharashtra including Pune, Mumbai is also included in this. Its market value is said to be around Rs 500 crore.

Ajit Pawar has 90 days

Sharad Pawar's nephew and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar will now have 90 days to prove that the properties attached by the Income Tax Department were not purchased with Benami money.

Enforcement Directorate's action on Anil Deshmukh

Earlier, former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the recovery of Rs 100 crore and money laundering case. The ED had called Anil Deshmukh for questioning on Monday and arrested him after questioning him for more than 12 hours. According to sources, Anil Deshmukh could not give satisfactory answers to the questions of the ED and he is also accused of not cooperating in the investigation.