Amid a countrywide lockdown where no one is allowed to travel, the state's home department has issued passes to PMC Bank scam-accused DHFL promoters, brothers Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, to travel with seven family members from Khandala to Mahabaleshwar, with the principal secretary mentioning the Wadhawan clan as 'family friends' in a letter.

Kapil, the CMD of DHFL, was arrested on January 27 by the ED in a money-laundering case involving late gangster Iqbal Mirchi and is currently out on bail.
The pass was issued on April 8 on the grounds that the Wadhawan clan needs to travel for a family emergency. mid-day is in possession of the pass issued by Amitabh Gupta, principal secretary (special, Home Department).