Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra gets clean chit in alleged Rs 25,000 crore bank scam

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar on Wednesday was given a clean chit by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Maharashtra Police in an alleged Rs 25,000 crore MSCB bank scam case.

The Opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) was quick to react and denounce the EOW's decision.

"PM Modi had raised the allegation and said that it was a corrupt family (the Pawars). But, today she has been given a clean chit. All the leaders who were accused and joined the BJP have been given a clean-chit. EOW stated in its closure report that it did not see any criminal act in this case," Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey was qouted as saying by news agency ANI.

Sunetra Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP Ajit Pawar) candidate, is pitted against her sister-in-law and Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule from the Baramati Lok Sabha seat of Maharashtra.

Sule is the candidate of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar). Baramati, from where Ajit Pawar is an MLA, is the home turf of the Pawar family.