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NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal discharged in Maharashtra Sadan scam case

The ACB has claimed that the original cost estimate for Maharashtra Sadan was Rs 13.5 crore, but it was later increased to Rs 50 crore

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India Mumbai
A special court on Thursday discharged Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and seven others, including his son and nephew, in the Maharashtra Sadan scam case being probed by the state ACB. Besides Chhagan Bhujbal (73), the special court hearing cases related to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), discharged his son Pankaj, nephew Sameer and five others in the 2015 case. They had sought discharge in the case, related to alleged corruption in the construction of a new Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi and involvement of a private firm, claiming there was no evidence to prosecute them and the court

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