Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam has accused Subhash Deshmukh, minister for co-operatives, of duping the state exchequer of Rs 24.81 crore on the basis of forged documents. Nirupam said Deshmukh got Rs 24.81 crore sanctioned from the Ministry of Agriculture under the National Agricultural Department Programme (NAFD) in the name of establishing a milk chilling and milk powder manufacturing plant in Solapur.

Of this amount, Deshmukh, along with his son, Rohan Deshmukh, on behalf of their firm, Lokmangal Multi-stage Cooperative Society Ltd, withdrew R2 crore in the first phase and R3 crore in the second phase. To get this amount sanctioned, Deshmukh submitted a series of forged and fabricated documents from various government departments including Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (Pune), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (Solapur), Industrial Security and Health Department (Solapur), Food and Drug Administration (Solapur) and a fraudulent letter from the Deputy Divisional Engineer, PWD, North Solapur.