Archive · 28 Nov 2025
Fadnavis Forms Panel to Probe Shirsat in Rs 5000-Cr Land Scam
The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, has set up a team to look into a big land scam.
The team will investigate a minister named Sanjay Shirsat, who is accused of using fake papers to take control of a forest land worth Rs 5000 crore.
This land is supposed to be protected.
Another politician, Rohit Pawar, said that Shirsat gave this land to a family called Biwalkar illegally and might have taken money for it.
The team includes forest officers, land officials, and others who will check if Shirsat did something wrong.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis formed a six-member committee to probe a Rs 5000 crore land scam involving Sanjay Shirsat.
The scam involves allegations of using fake documents to claim ownership of a protected forest land parcel in Navi Mumbai.
MLA Rohit Pawar accused Shirsat of illegally transferring a 15-acre prime plot to the Biwalkar family during his tenure as CIDCO chairman.
The committee is headed by the Konkan Divisional Commissioner and includes forest and land officials from Thane and Raigad.
The investigation was announced two months after the initial allegations were made in August.
- Who
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat, MLA Rohit Pawar, Biwalkar family
- What
- Formation of a committee to investigate a Rs 5000 crore land scam involving Sanjay Shirsat
- When
- Committee formed on Thursday, allegations made in August
- Where
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Why
- Allegations of corruption and illegal land transfer made by MLA Rohit Pawar
- Committee Members
- Chief Conservator of Forests (Thane), District Magistrate (Raigad), Co-Managing Director (CIDCO), Chief Land and Land Records Officers (Thane and Raigad), Deputy Conservator of Forests (Alibag), Konkan Divisional Commissioner (Head)
- Scam Amount
- Rs 5000 crore
- Location
- Navi Mumbai
- Accused Minister
- Sanjay Shirsat
- Accuser
- MLA Rohit Pawar
- Land Size
- 15 acres
- Land Type
- Forest land parcel marked as 'human reserve forest area'
- Alleged Beneficiaries
- Biwalkar family
