ACB conducts searches at properties of Bhujbal

The Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Maharashtra Police On Tuesday conducted searches at various properties belonging to the NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his family members in Nashik, Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. The former PWD minister reacted to the development saying that he was being targeted by the BJP-Shiv Sena government in an unprecedented manner.

The properties searched included ‘Bhujbal Farm’, his farmhouse near Nashik, houses and offices in Nashik and offices at Manmad as well as at <g data-gr-id="19">Yewla</g>, which he represents in the state Assembly. In a statement, ACB said there were seven properties in Mumbai, two in Thane, five in Nashik and two in Pune where searches were underway to ascertain the assets owned by Chhagan Bhujbal, his son, MLA Pankaj Bhujbal and nephew Samir Bhujbal.

The searches began at 9.30 in the morning simultaneously at the properties belonging to Chhagan Bhujbal and his wife Meena Bhujbal, Pankaj Bhujbal and his wife Vishakha, Samir Bhujbal and his wife Shefali. “We conducted this search operation to make a <g data-gr-id="20">documentations</g> that would be presented before the court,” said Gyaneshwar Awari, investigation officer.

Earlier this month, the ACB had registered two FIRs against Chhagan Bhujbal. One of them is about corruption in the construction of Maharashtra Sadan in New <g data-gr-id="15">Delhi,</g> while the second is related to allotment of a prime piece of land in Kalina in Mumbai.