Chhagan Bhujbal, Son Discharged in Maharashtra Sadan Money Laundering Case

• NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal and his family members were discharged by a Mumbai court in a 2006 money laundering case filed by the ED.
• The case was linked to alleged irregularities in the construction of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.
• Bhujbal was arrested in 2016 and spent over two years in jail, accused of receiving kickbacks from K S Chamankar.
• The discharge was based on a Supreme Court order, as the Bhujbals were already cleared in the corresponding Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) case in 2021.
• The ED had alleged kickbacks and inflated costs for the Maharashtra Sadan project during Bhujbal's tenure as PWD minister.

Why It Matters: NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal and son discharged in Maharashtra Sadan money laundering case due to prior ACB clearance.