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BJP leader under scanner for grabbing forest land in Raigad
Hindustan Times Mumbai
|June 18, 2025
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at multiple locations in Maharashtra, including the premises of BJP leader and businessman JM Mhatre in connection with its money-laundering investigation into an alleged land fraud in Vahal village under Raigad district.
MUMBAI: Mhatre is accused of acquiring forest land illegally in 2005 by making duplicate entries in mutation records and subsequently surrendering the land to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in lieu of ₹42.4 crore as compensation. Another accused allegedly received ₹9.69 crore in similar fashion.
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Mumbai.
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