Pune:
Details of another land scam have surfaced from Pune in which high ranking army, police, civil, transport and urban land department officials had joined to grab houses in what was meant to be a defence society.
The land in suburb Lohegaon area was allotted to Defense Personnel Housing Society, and was meant for the soldiers and widows of the Kargil war, but when the society was proposed, names of several IAS and IPS officers figured in the list.
This scam too has an Ashok Chavan connection. In that list of beneficiaries figures the names of Satish Sawant, personal secretary to the former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, and S Khamkar, Officer on Special Duty to Chavan.
After complaints of irregularities and in the wake of the aftermath of the Adarsh scam in Mumbai, the allotment was cancelled in December last year.
"Just yesterday, we set up a two member commission to look into the Adarsh scam. Likewise, if there are allegations of corruption anywhere else with regard to land deals, we will take the strongest possible action at those involved. We'll throw the book at them. We will examine all such issues," said the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan.