Chagan Bhujbal's family was served an eviction notice on Friday in connection with the multi-crore Maharashtra Sadan scam case against the former deputy chief minister of the state, reported dna. Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Enforcement Directorate has attached the house and other assets worth Rs 90 crore owned by the Nationalist Congress Party leader and his family.
"A total of 22 immovable properties like flats, shops, agricultural and non-agricultural land, industrial plots in Mumbai, Nashik and Ahmednagar have been provisionally attached under PMLA today. The estimated market value is Rs 90 crore," an agency official told the newspaper.
The Bhujbals live in a nine-storey building in the Santacruz locality in the state capital, according to The Hindu. The building is occupied entirely by the family. Bhujbal was arrested on March 14, and he is currently lodged at the Arthur road jail in Mumbai.
The case pertains to the construction of the Maharashtra Sadan state guest house in Delhi during Bhujbal's tenure as the state's public works department minister from 2004 to September 2014. The contract for the building was given to a firm called Chamankar Builders without inviting tenders. The same company was also given contracts for building a Regional Transport Office and another government guest house in Mumbai. According to the investigating agency, Bhujbal, his son Pankaj and nephew Sameer played a major role in the scams, which cost the state exchequer an estimated Rs 870 crore.
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