Updated On: 07 December, 2025 10:28 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondent
According to an inquiry committee headed by Rajendra Muthe, joint inspector general of registration (IGR), the 58-year-old official processed the sale deed on May 19 by exploiting a critical loophole in the registration system

The accused allegedly violated Section 18 of the Registration Act, 1908, by failing to verify the ownership status of the land. Representational pic
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In a major development in the Mundhwa land deal case involving the alleged fraudulent sale of a 40-acre government plot to a firm linked to Parth Pawar, the son of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, suspended sub-registrar Ravindra Balkrushna Taru was arrested on Sunday by the Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Pune, news agency PTI reported.
Taru, who was suspended after irregularities came to light in the registration of the land deal, was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Joint District Registrar Santosh Hingane at Bavdhan Police Station.