I-T Dept Provisionally Attaches Ajit Pawar’s Properties Worth ₹1,000 Crore
Mumbai: The Income Tax Department has issued a provisional attachment order regarding properties worth over ₹1,000 crores linked to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
These properties are reported to be:
- Jarandeshwar sugar factory with a market value of Rs 600 crore.
- A South Delhi flat of approximately Rs 20 crore.
- Nirmal office of son Parth Pawar valued approximately at Rs 25 crore.
- Goa resort is named Nilaya with a market value of approximately Rs 250 crore.
- Land parcels at 27 various locations in Maharashtra, with a market value of Rs 500 crore.
Thus, reports say that the provisional attachment order is for a total of over Rs 1,000 crore properties. This is being done by the Benami Property Wing of the Income Tax Department.
On 7 October, the I-T department conducted raids at the premises of various business persons and close family members of Ajit Pawar in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.
In the raids that continued till October 8, the Income Tax Department searched the addresses of Pawar’s three sisters and their son Parth Pawar in the cities of Pune, Nandurbar, Kolhapur and Satara.
Confirming the news of the raids, Pawar told reporters, “It is their duty to investigate if they find some irregularities, but it is very unfortunate that our family and friends are targeted by agencies only because of political vendetta.”
Further, Pawar was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying that his “only grief” was that they conducted raids on the premises related to his three sisters.
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