Pune: EOW probes Bopodi land scam; SIT formed in Koregaon Park case amid claims accused may flee abroad

Pune’s Bopodi land deal case has been handed to the Economic Offences Wing, while a separate Koregaon Park land probe now involves an SIT amid reports that key accused may try to leave the country.

10 November 2025, Pune – A major real-estate controversy in Pune has escalated as the Bopodi land deal case was officially transferred to the Economic Offences Wing for deeper investigation. The allegations centre on nearly 13 acres of government-owned agricultural department land in Bopodi that was allegedly granted to private parties through questionable orders issued between February 2024 and July 2025. According to the complaint filed at Khadak Police Station, a then-tehsildar from Shukrawar Peth Mamledar Kacheri allegedly misused his powers and facilitated the transfer of land that legally belonged to the government. The FIR names multiple accused, including individuals linked to Amadea Enterprises LLP, a company associated with Parth Pawar. One of the main accused is director Digvijay Amarsinh Patil, along with a suspended sub-registrar and several others. Investigators say discrepancies in official records, mutation entries and power-of-attorney documents form the basis of the probe, and more evidence is still being collected.

A separate but interconnected case involving land in Koregaon Park and Mundhwa has added more complications. This matter involves around 40 acres of land allegedly worth about ₹1,800 crore, which investigators believe was acquired for approximately ₹300 crore through manipulated paperwork and misrepresentation of ownership history. Due to the scale of the alleged fraud and the number of agencies involved, Pune Police have now set up a Special Investigation Team to examine the entire sequence of transactions. Officials say the SIT will dig into registry records, land-survey documents, past ownership chains and roles played by local administrative offices. The move is meant to ensure coordinated scrutiny because pieces of the deal span several years, and certain officials currently under suspension are believed to have signed off on key entries that enabled the transfers.

As the investigation intensifies, there is another layer of concern: reports suggest that one of the accused, Sheetal Tejwani, may be planning to leave the country. Police sources have indicated that information has already been shared with immigration authorities to ensure that none of the individuals under inquiry exit India without clearance. Similar alerts have been issued in other high-value land scam investigations, as suspects sometimes attempt to flee once financial trails begin to surface. Officers say this precaution is based on recent movements and statements gathered from witnesses, though formal confirmation will only come after the surveillance inputs are reviewed.

Political debate around the case is growing as well. Several leaders have accused the administration of allowing land meant for public use to be siphoned off for private gain. In response, officials maintain that the investigation is following legal procedure and that multiple government departments are cooperating to establish how the land was transferred and whether the deals involved deliberate fraud or administrative oversight. Real-estate experts in Pune note that both the Bopodi land and the Koregaon Park parcels fall in areas where property values have rapidly increased over the past decade, which has made government-owned plots particularly vulnerable to manipulation. They say that forged or misleading land records remain a recurring issue in Maharashtra and that digitisation and stricter audits may be needed to prevent repetition of such cases.

For now, the EOW and SIT have taken full charge of the inquiries, with both teams expected to conduct financial tracing, check beneficiaries of the transactions and interrogate those named in the FIR. The coming weeks are likely to determine whether more arrests will follow and whether additional officers or private players become implicated as documents are cross-verified.

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