IT orders confiscation of Rs 1,400 crore assets of Ajit Pawar's family

The difficulty of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra increased

Pawar was given 90 days to prove that the property was not anonymous

Mumbai: After the arrest of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, the plight of Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar has increased. The Income Tax Department has ordered confiscation of assets worth Rs 1,400 crore from Ajit Pawar's family.

Nawab Malik, the official spokesperson of the NCP, said that Ajit Pawar had nothing to do with the property seized by the IT.

Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar's sugar factory was raided by Income Tax Department (IT) officials. IT also raided Ajit Pawar's property and his son Parth Pawar's Mumbai-based Nariman Point office.

The Income-tax department has ordered confiscation of assets worth Rs 600 crore from Jarandeshwar Sugar Factory, a flat worth Rs 20 crore in South Delhi, a clean office of Ajit Pawar's son Parth worth Rs 25 crore, a resort called Nilay in Goa worth Rs 250 crore and land worth about Rs 500 crore at various places in Maharashtra.

On the other hand, Ajit Pawar has been given 90 days by IT to prove that the property is not anonymous. He has been asked to submit the required documents regarding this property. The concerned ED of Ajit Pawar's family's Jarandeshwar Sugar Factory in Satara also conducted an investigation. He was accused of a loan scam worth Rs 750 crore.