NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Thursday appeared before a special court in Mumbai in connection with the alleged Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) scam case. During his appearance at the special court, MLA Rohit Pawar asserted that a "bogus" chargesheet had been filed against him.

As reported by news agency PTI, the MSCB money laundering case stemmed from an August 2019 FIR filed by the Mumbai Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW). The case alleged that MLA Rohit Pawar was involved in the fraudulent sale of SSKs (Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, or co-operative sugar mills) by the then officers and directors of MSCB at throwaway prices to their relatives/private persons without following due procedure.

Satyanarayan Navander, special judge for MPs/MLAs cases, took cognisance of a new chargesheet in the case against Pawar last month. Justice Navander observed that the accused was found to have "knowingly participated in this fraudulent acquisition" on the surface.