Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said his son Parth and his business partner were not aware that the land in Pune, which their company purchased belonged to the government, and the controversial transaction has now been cancelled.

A committee appointed by the government to probe the Rs 300 crore deal will submit its report within a month, he told reporters here, soon after meeting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis amid the raging controversy.

The registration of documents related to the deal was cancelled, and affidavit to this effect were submitted to the authorities, the NCP chief said, adding that not a rupee had changed hands in the deal.

“The concerned land is a government land which cannot be sold. Parth and his partner Digvijay Patil were not aware of this fa

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