Ajit Pawar’s Son Parth Cleared in Bopodi Land Case, But Pune’s Rs2,000-Crore Mundhwa Deal Still Under Intense Scrutiny

The Pune police’s economic offences wing (EOW) has stated that the firm of Parth Pawar, son of Maharashtra's deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and his partners had no connection with a land case in Pune’s Bopodi area, though investigations continue into a separate and much larger controversy, the alleged illegal sale of 40 acres of government land in Mundhwa valued at over Rs1,800 crore. According to EOW, the Bopodi agricultural land case is separate from the Mundhwa land deal that has rocked Maharashtra’s political and administrative circles. Police clarified that both matters were clubbed under one first information report (FIR) registered at Khadak police station since a common accused, suspended tehsildar Suryakant Yeole, was involved in both transactions. While the Bopodi i