Mumbai police stands by closure report in MSCB scam

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The Mumbai police on Friday defended its closure report in the Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam, in which Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was one of the accused, and said it was not concerned with anyone's "political affiliation" but the illegal acts, if any, committed by them.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police was responding to a protest petition, filed by original informant in the case Surinder Arora, against the closure report.

In its reply, Mumbai police said it has inquired into each and every allegation made by the complainant, and added that the allegations made in the present protest petition were "baseless" and have been made to sensationalise the case.

"The investigating agency takes it as a strong exception to the averments of the protest petitioner making false, baseless and defamatory charges of corruption against the investigation team," it said.

"The investigating agency, while investigating the case, was not concerned with anyone's political affiliation but were concerned with the illegal acts, if any, committed by them constituting criminal offence," it added.

The EOW further said, during the course of the probe, it had not come across any material pinpointing any specific allegations against any specific person, director or officer of the MSCB, or any unlawful gain or undue pecuniary advantage received by an individual of MSCB.