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Chhagan Bhujbal Acquitted in Kalina Land Scam Case, Gets Major Relief
- •Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has been acquitted of all charges by a special sessions court in Mumbai in the Kalina Central Library land allocation case.
- •This acquittal marks the end of all major legal battles Bhujbal has faced for over 10 years, including the last case by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
- •The case involved allegations from 2009 when Bhujbal was PWD Minister, regarding the allocation of land for a Central Library at Kalina.
- •It was alleged that remaining land was leased to a private developer for 99 years at just Re 1 per square meter, leading to a multi-crore scam.
- •The court observed that the investigating agency failed to prove any illegal financial irregularity against Bhujbal or other co-accused.
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A special sessions court in Mumbai acquitted Maharashtra food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal and all co-accused of all charges in the Kalina campus central library land allocation case, citing a lack of any provable financial irregularity by the investigative agency.
Following a public interest litigation, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered a case regarding the Kalina library land allocation matter back in 2016.
It was alleged that when Chhagan Bhujbal served as the public works minister in 2009, tenders were issued to build a central library on a 4-acre plot in Kalina, but the remaining land was leased to a private developer for 99 years at a nominal rate of just 1 rupee per square meter, resulting in a multi-crore financial irregularities scam.
