The CBI, which is probing the Adarsh scam, has given a clean chit to former Maharashtra chief minister Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar in the case. Nilangekar was the revenue minister handling the Adarsh file in 2004, when his son-in-law Dr Arun Dawle was allotted a flat in the controversial society.
Mirror had, in its issue of May 6, 2011, first reported about Dr Dawle getting a flat in Adarsh. Nilangekar, it may be recalled, was the chief minister the 'eighties and had to leave office because he manipulated matters to help his daughter Dr Chandrakala Dawle score better marks in her medical exams.
The CBI had earlier given a clean chit to Rural Development Minister Jayant Patil, and Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the scam.
The agency, in an affidavit filed before the Bombay High Court, said it had looked into the role of Nilangekar but found no material or evidence to suggest any criminal misconduct on his part. "The material unearthed during the course of investigation did not warrant action against them (Nilangekar and others) and, therefore, they are not included as accused in the charge sheet," the CBI affidavit said.
The affidavit was made in response to an application filed by social activist Pravin Wategaonkar in the course of his PIL on the Adarsh scam. Wategaonkar alleged that Nilangekar, during his tenure as revenue minister, granted certain approvals to Adarsh Society illegally, in return for which his son-in-law was allotted a flat.
"With regard to role of Nilangekar as revenue minister, the investigation carried out by CBI earlier did not find any prosecutable evidence against him to arraign him as an accused," the affidavit said. There is no material on hand to suggest that Nilangekar extended undue favours to the society and that his son-in-law was allotted flat as quid pro quo, it added.
Mirror had, in its issue of May 6, 2011, first reported about Dr Dawle getting a flat in Adarsh. Nilangekar, it may be recalled, was the chief minister the 'eighties and had to leave office because he manipulated matters to help his daughter Dr Chandrakala Dawle score better marks in her medical exams.
The CBI had earlier given a clean chit to Rural Development Minister Jayant Patil, and Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the scam.
The agency, in an affidavit filed before the Bombay High Court, said it had looked into the role of Nilangekar but found no material or evidence to suggest any criminal misconduct on his part. "The material unearthed during the course of investigation did not warrant action against them (Nilangekar and others) and, therefore, they are not included as accused in the charge sheet," the CBI affidavit said.
The affidavit was made in response to an application filed by social activist Pravin Wategaonkar in the course of his PIL on the Adarsh scam. Wategaonkar alleged that Nilangekar, during his tenure as revenue minister, granted certain approvals to Adarsh Society illegally, in return for which his son-in-law was allotted a flat.
"With regard to role of Nilangekar as revenue minister, the investigation carried out by CBI earlier did not find any prosecutable evidence against him to arraign him as an accused," the affidavit said. There is no material on hand to suggest that Nilangekar extended undue favours to the society and that his son-in-law was allotted flat as quid pro quo, it added.
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