The two have been booked for cheating in an FIR registered by Rasayani police on Wednesday. MUMBAI: Raigad police have booked two members of the Biwalkar family for allegedly selling forest land in Panvel despite having no legal rights over the land parcel.
The proposal was approved during the previous Mahayuti government led by then chief minister Eknath Shinde, when Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat was serving as CIDCO chairperson. He now heads the state social justice department. We repeatedly followed up with the authorities for an FIR and held protests. Finally, after nearly a year, an FIR has been registered against them, albeit belatedly.”
The action comes a year after NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar alleged that the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) had illegally handed over land, estimated to be worth ₹ 5,000 crore, to the Biwalkar family. In a social media post, Pawar said, “I presented 12,000 pages of evidence seeking action against the Biwalkar family for grabbing hundreds of acres of forest department land worth ₹ 5,000 crore in Navi Mumbai.
