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Home / News / Politics News / Bhujbal arrested in the Maharashtra Sadan scam
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    Bhujbal arrested in the Maharashtra Sadan scam

    Written by
    Sripriya Yegneswaran
    Edited by
    Gaurav Jeyaraman
    Last updated on Mar 15, 2016, 11:36 am
    Bhujbal arrested in the Maharashtra Sadan scam
  • NCP leader and former Maharashtra Deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal was arrested today.

    The arrest came after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Bhujbal in the Rs.870 Maharashtra Sadan money laundering case.

    The ED has affirmed that the Bhujbals took cash to award projects to contractors and "channeled such illegal cash into various companies and integrated it into business activities" of companies that they controlled.

  • In this article
    ACB wants to investigate Chhagan Bhujbal ACB gets permission to probe Bhujbal Chhagan Bhujbal’s nephew grilled by SIT FIR against Chhagan Bhujbal and kin A scandalous past 2 money laundering cases against Bhujbals More cases against Chhagan Bhujbal possible Information commissioner quits over Maharashtra Sadan scam ED attaches Bhujbal's properties with case ED raids multiple properties of Chagan Bhujbal ACB files chargesheet against Bhujbal Bhujbal arrested in the Maharashtra Sadan scam
  • 13 Sep 2012

    ACB wants to investigate Chhagan Bhujbal

     ACB wants to investigate Chhagan Bhujbal
  • Maharashtra's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sought permission from the home ministry to question Chaggan Bhujbal for his alleged role in the Maharashtra Sadan scam.

    The PWD Minister was accused of awarding the contract for New Delhi's Maharashtra Sadan building to his associate.

    The project's cost was raised to Rs. 150 crore against an original projection of Rs. 52 crore and no tenders were floated.

  • 23 Oct 2014

    ACB gets permission to probe Bhujbal

     ACB gets permission to probe Bhujbal
  • ACB got the state home ministry's nod to probe the NCP leader.

    NCP's unconditional support to the BJP-led government in the state is seen as an attempt to hide corruption cases against the party's senior leaders.

    ACB's request to probe Bhujbal came after BJP's Lok Sabha member Kirit Somaiya's complaint seeking an investigation against Bhujbal for financial favours to his associates.

  • 20 Feb 2015

    Chhagan Bhujbal’s nephew grilled by SIT

    Chhagan Bhujbal’s nephew grilled by SIT
  • The SIT questioned Chhagan Bhujbal's nephew and former MP Sameer Bhujbal over the Maharashtra Sadan scam.

    Officials of the state's Anti-Corruption Bureau and Enforcement Directorate comprised the SIT, which questioned Sameer at ACB's Worli headquarters.

    The SIT was formed by the Bombay High Court in response to a PIL filed by the Aam Aadmi Party.

  • 12 Jun 2015

    FIR against Chhagan Bhujbal and kin

     FIR against Chhagan Bhujbal and kin
  • ACB registered a case against Bhujbal, his son, nephew and 16 others.

    The contractor to whom the project was awarded, sub-contracted the work to other companies which were controlled by Bhujbal's son and nephew.

    Earlier, the ACB also filed a FIR against Bhujbal for leasing out government land in Mumbai to a real estate company for 99 years at just Rs. 1/ square metre.

  • Personal

    A scandalous past

  • Earlier, Chhagan Bhujbal's name also came up in the infamous stamp paper scam when the prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi admitted to making payments to Chhagan Bhujbal in return for favours.

  • 17 Jun 2015

    2 money laundering cases against Bhujbals

     2 money laundering cases against Bhujbals
    Credits:
  • 2 money laundering cases were registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the Bhujbal family.

    According to the ED, the Bhujbal family used the money they earned through corruption to purchase a mine outside India.

    ED also said that companies which had purchased the shares of the two companies promoted by Bhujbal family were non-existent.

  • 19 Jun 2015

    More cases against Chhagan Bhujbal possible

     More cases against Chhagan Bhujbal possible
  • The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) may file more FIRs against the former Public Works Department (PWD) minister Chhagan Bhujbal.

    At present, 3 cases have been registered against Bhujbal by the ACB and enquiry is ongoing into six other complaints by Anjali Damania of the AAP.

    The ACB is investigating all cases where Bhujbal might have received kickbacks for awarding contracts to private firms.

  • 29 Jun 2015

    Information commissioner quits over Maharashtra Sadan scam

    Information commissioner quits over Maharashtra Sadan scam
    Credits:
  • Information Commissioner DB Deshpande of the Aurangabad Division quit amid the ongoing investigations into the multi-crore Maharashtra Sadan scam.

    Maharashtra governor CV Rao accepted Deshpande's resignation following his alleged involvement in the scam.

    Deshpande's name figures in a first information report filed by the Maharashtra anti-corruption bureau (ACB) against Bhujbal and 16 others.

    He is the first senior official to quit over the case.

  • 14 Nov 2015

    ED attaches Bhujbal's properties with case

    ED attaches Bhujbal's properties with case
    Credits:
  • The Enforcement Directorate attached a plot of land in Navi Mumbai, valued at Rs.160 crore, belonging to the family of former Cabinet Minister Chagan Bhujbal.

    An ED official confirmed that the 25-acre plot near Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, had been attached under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

    He added that the ED "might attach some more properties in the days to come."

  • 1 Feb 2016

    ED raids multiple properties of Chagan Bhujbal

    ED raids multiple properties of Chagan Bhujbal
  • In a fresh action against former PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal, the Enforcement Directorate searched multiple premises in Mumbai in connection with the ongoing money laundering probe.

    Officials said the premises covered under the action include properties and offices belonging to Bhujbal, son Pankaj, ex-MP nephew Samir and few others.

    A team of 20 officers of the ED's Mumbai zonal unit conducted the operation.

  • 25 Feb 2016

    ACB files chargesheet against Bhujbal

    ACB files chargesheet against Bhujbal
    Credits:
  • The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau has filed a charge sheet against senior NCP leader and former state minister Chhagan Bhujbal in the Maharashtra Sadan scam.

    His son Pankaj, nephew Sameer and 14 others are also named in the chargesheet.

    Investigations revealed that the contractor earned 80% profit in the construction of Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi. The rules allowed for only 20%.

  • 15 Mar 2016

    Bhujbal arrested in the Maharashtra Sadan scam

    Bhujbal arrested in the Maharashtra Sadan scam
  • NCP leader and former Maharashtra Deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal was arrested today.

    The arrest came after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Bhujbal in the Rs.870 Maharashtra Sadan money laundering case.

    The ED has affirmed that the Bhujbals took cash to award projects to contractors and "channeled such illegal cash into various companies and integrated it into business activities" of companies that they controlled.

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