Observing that within fifteen days of a land purchase agreement, then BJP revenue minister Eknath Khadse called a meeting, directing compensation to the land owners for his personal gain, even though it did not relate to his portfolio, a special court rejected his discharge application in a case filed by the Pune Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The court also rejected the discharge pleas of Khadse’s wife, Mandakini and his son-in-law, Girish Chaudhari, and directed them to appear before it on December 18 for framing of charges to pave the way for the trial.

The case relates to a sale deed in 2016 between owners of a land in Bhosari in Pune and Mandakini and Chaudhari. The ACB alleges that the deed was done despite the land being in possession of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corp

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