Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar Faces ED Heat Over ₹20 Crore MSCB Scam Link

• Sunetra Pawar, Maharashtra's new Deputy CM, is under ED scrutiny in the ₹25,000 crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) scam.
• Her name appeared in the ED's charge sheet, despite a clean chit from Mumbai Police's Economic Offenses Wing, which the ED has challenged.
• The ED's investigation focuses on a ₹20 crore transaction related to the purchase of Jarandeshwar Sugar Co-operative Mill, where Sunetra Pawar was a director of Jai Agrotech Private Limited.
• The MSCB scam involves alleged irregular loans to cooperative sugar mills between 2002-2017, leading to ₹25,000 crore losses and subsequent auctioning of mills at low prices to connected individuals.
• Social activist Anjali Damania has called for renewed Income Tax Department action regarding benami properties linked to the Pawar family.

Why It Matters: Maharashtra Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar faces an ongoing ED probe into a ₹20 crore transaction in the MSCB scam.