24 December,2025 02:20 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondent
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The controversial Rs 300-crore Pune land deal case on Wednesday saw an unexpected turn. An "office boy" working with Shital Tejwani, the power of attorney (PoA) holder of the Mundhwa land, which is now seen as the centre of attraction by the court. As reported by news agency PTI, the âoffice boy' had signed key papers acting as a partner of a private firm linked to the case, the prosecution told a Pune court on Tuesday.
The court extended the police custody of Tejwani till December 27 to enable further investigation in the high-profile case after the prosecution claimed she was not cooperating in the ongoing probe in the Pune land deal case.
Shital Tejwani, who is currently in the custody of the Bavdhan police in the Pimpri-Chinchwad township, was produced before a court in the Paud area at the end of her previous remand.
The court has extended her police custody by four more days, said an officer from the Bavdhan police station.
While seeking further police custody, the prosecution told the Pune court that the probe carried out so far has revealed an "office boy" working with Tejwani had signed documents such as affidavits and authority letters acting as a partner of Amadea Enterprises LLP, the company which bought the government land in Mundhwa in violation of rules, reported PTI.
While the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth is a co-partner in Amadea Enterprises, he has surprisingly not been named in the FIR.
The prosecution, while arguing in the court, said that the police want to examine these documents to ascertain if there were any financial transactions between the office boy and Tejwani, as per PTI.
Furthermore, the prosecution also said that, as some RTI activists have submitted new documents related to the land deal to the Bavdhan police station, the scope of the probe has widened.
The prosecution also argued that, since Tejwani was not cooperating in the ongoing probe, her further interrogation was needed.
On the other hand, activists Anjali Damania and Vijay Kumbhar, who are the complainants in the case, also wrote to the Pimpri Chinchwad police demanding that Parth Pawar also be named in the FIR besides Santosh Hingane, the Joint District Registrar.
The sale of 40 acres of land in the upscale Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore to Amadea Enterprises came under scrutiny last month after it was found that the plot belongs to the government and could not be sold. The firm was also allegedly exempted from paying Rs 21 crore in stamp duty.
Tejwani, who held PoA for 272 'original watandars (owners)' of the land, allegedly executed the sale deed and sold the property to Amadea Enterprises despite knowing it belonged to the government and could not be sold.
Sub-registrar Ravindra Taru allegedly facilitated the sale deed, as per PTI.
Officials of the Inspector General of Registration (IGR) registered an FIR against Digvijay Patil, a co-partner in Amadea Enterprises, Tejwani and Taru for allegedly evading stamp duty.
(With inputs from PTI)
