Maharashtra govt partially accepts Adarsh report, gives clean chit to politicos

The Cabinet has also decided to initiate proceedings against 22 benami transactions, he said, adding the commission had recommended action against allottees of such flats as they were found to be in violation of the Benami Transactions Prohibition Act.

“The CBI is at present looking into the 22 benami flats that were mentioned in the action taken report and how these flats were acquired. The CBI is also enquiring if this case has an element of quid pro pro in it,” the chief minister said.

About two NCP politicians Tope and Tatkare, Chavan said, “It was found that these two (then ministers of state) had not even seen any (related) file.”

The government, he said, has also decided to initiate action against 25 flat owners who have been found ineligible including diplomat Devyani Khobragade.

The diplomat is at the centre of a row between India and the US after her arrest and ill treatment on charges of visa fraud.

Those found ineligible for ownership of flats also include former Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Babasaheb Kupekar of NCP, former Shiv Sena MP Suresh Prabhu and three relatives of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who had to step down after the scam surfaced.