Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has received a major relief from the court in the 25,000 crores co-operative bank scam case. The Economic Affairs Wing has filed a closure report in the court. The EOW said in the report that no evidence has been found in the allegations against Ajit Pawar, and a clean chit has been given to all the 69 people, including Ajit Pawar, in the case.

EOW has said that the allegations leveled against Ajit Pawar were baseless. It doesn't show anything criminally wrong. Though there is something wrong with the civil case, it does not constitute a criminal case. The Mumbai Police had filed a case against 69 people, including senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar, in August 2019 on the directions of the Bombay High Court in the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) scam case. NCP chief Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar was deputy CM from November 10, 2010, to September 26, 2014. The other accused include Jayant Patil, leader of the Workers' Party, and bank unit officers in 34 districts.

They were booked under section 420 (cheating and dishonesty) of IPC, 409 (criminal trust abuses by bureaucrat or banker, businessman or agent), 406 (punishment for a criminal conviction), 465 (punishment for fraud), 467 (fraud of valuables) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy conviction).

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