NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal discharged in Sadan scam case

A special court here on Thursday allowed the discharge applications of Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and seven others in the Maharashtra Sadan scam case. Besides Bhujbal, the special court hearing cases related to Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB), discharged his son Pankaj, nephew Sameer and five others in the case. They had sought discharge, claiming that there was no evidence to prosecute them in the case. The case relates to a 2005-2006 deal that the NCP leader allegedly gave to the firm, when he was the PWD minister. The ACB had earlier opposed the plea saying that Bhujbal and his family members had received kickbacks from the construction firm K S Chamankar Enterprises.