Maharashtra Sadan case: ACB files chargesheet against Bhujbal

February 24, 2016 17:16

The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau, probing the Maharashtra Sadan scam, today filed its charge sheet against senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal in a court here.

Other than Bhujbal, who was Public Works Department minister in the previous Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra, his son Pankaj and nephew Sameer as well as 14 others have also been chargesheeted in the case.

The voluminous chargesheet, which runs into 20,000 pages contains statements of 60 witnesses.

According to ACB sources, the case is entirely based on documentary evidence such as fund transfer and bank transactions.

Sources also claimed that in construction of Maharashtra Sadan, contractors have earned 80 per cent profits while as per the government circular such contractors are entitled to only 20 percent gains.

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