Rajendra Muthe, Maharashtra’s Joint Inspector General of Registration, said Friday that the 40-acre land in Pune, at the centre of a probe into alleged irregularities involving its sale, belonged to the state government and could not be sold at any cost. Muthe is assisting an inquiry committee, announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, probing the sale of land by Pune resident and power of attorney holder Sheetal Tejwani to a limited liability partnership owned by Parth Pawar, son of state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, and Digvijay Patil.

“The 7/12 document (land ownership document) showed Mumbai Sarkar (erstwhile Bombay government) as the owner. The property card issued after 2018 showed the same. The person holding power of attorney cannot sell the land at any cost. We are pr

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