Mumbai:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to question former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashokrao Chavan in connection with the Adarsh Housing Society scam, sources have said. It will also question all the 103 members of the Mumbai housing society
Chavan's questioning is likely to happen next month, after a first information report is filed. Sources said the CBI wants to question Chavan on several points.
The CBI, the sources said, would examine whether he signed a letter recommending 40 per cent allotment of flats to civilians in the Adarsh Housing Society, which was meant for war widows and heroes, when he was Revenue Minister. Also, if the occupancy certificate (OC) was issued to the society when he was the Chief Minister.
The CBI would also question Chavan on the flats owned in the society by his mother- in-law, sister- in- law and one more relative, on whether he knew about the purchase deals and if he was aware of the correspondence they had with the society.
Ashok Chavan has refused to comment saying nothing has been communicated to him on this.
The CBI will also question all the 103 members of the Adarsh Housing Society - many of them will be summoned by the agency, the sources said. The investigating agency, they said, wants evidence on all the benami investments of politicians, bureaucrats and defence personnel in the society.
These members would be questioned on the income tax details submitted by them while purchasing flats, on when and how they bought them and on their correspondence with the society and departments of the state government, the sources said.
Adarsh Society scam: Who cleared what
CM Narayan Rane
1999: Adarsh society proposal received, he asks for it to be looked into
Revenue Minister Ashok Chavan
2000: File came to him, said to have recommended 40 per cent civilian allotment
CM Vilasrao Deshmukh
2002: Land located by reducing public road
2003: Letter of intent issued
CM Sushil Kumar Shinde
2003: Dubious CRZ clearance for project
2004: Land allotted to project
2004: Flat-owners increased by 51
CM Vilasrao Deshmukh
2005: Building height increased
2005: Building permission given
CM Ashok Chavan
2010: Building given occupation certificate