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In a land deal case against National Congress Party Leader Eknath Khadse, a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court has granted bail to the Sub-Registrar stating that the sale deed of 2016 doesn't seem undervalued.

Additional Sessions Judge, PMLA Court, HS Sathbhai allowed bail to Ravindra Muley stating that no relation can be made out that Muley was part of the conspiracy.

The Sub-Registar was arrented for offences under Sections 3 and 4 of PMLA Act for allegedly assisting and registering the sale deed around worth Rs. 3.75 crores for a property originally valued around Rs. 22 crores. 

Earlier, the PMLA Court had denied anticipatory bail to and issued a non-bailable warrant against NCP leader Eknath Khadse's wife Mandakini Khadse, in a land deal case.

The case was allegedly pertaining to a land deal in which Khadse and his son-in-law Girish Chaudhari bought a land of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, worth around Rs. 40 crores, in merely Rs. 3.75 crores after paying registry charges of Rs.1.4 crores in consonance with the ongoing government rate of the land that was around Rs. 22 crores. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that in 2016 when Khadse was Revenue Minister from BJP, he misused his power, benefitting his family in the land deal.

(With inputs from Hindustan Times)

(Photo credits: ANI)