Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank case: Court accepts closure report, gives clean chit to Ajit, Sunetra and Rohit Pawar
Times of India
by REBECCA SAMERVEL AND VIJAY V SINGHFebruary 28, 2026
News News: A court for MPs/MLAs cases Friday accepted the two closure reports submitted by Mumbai police’s EOW in the Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank scam case involving prominent netas who headed the bank and its subsidiaries.
EOW had given a clean chit in the case to the late Ajit Pawar and deputy CM Sunetra Pawar, with their nephew Rohit,
Judge Mahesh K Jadhav also rejected ED’s plea to intervene and oppose the closure report. He pointed out a similar plea filed by ED against EOW’s first closure report was rejected earlier and an appeal against it is pending before Bombay HC.
The judge rejected protest petitions of 50 individuals, including Anna Hazare, who opposed the closure report. The court’s orders are expected to be made available next week.
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Originally published on Times of India on 2/28/2026