Mumbai, Jan. 24 -- A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has discharged Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, his son, Pankaj Bhujbal, his nephew, Sameer Bhujbal, and some other accused in the money laundering case linked to the construction of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.

All the accused had filed discharge applications in the ED case after Maharashtra ACB had filed a closure report in the same case before the court.

The special PMLA court Judge Satyanarayan Navander, in its order, has observed that the accused cannot be prosecuted under the PMLA after being discharged in the predicate offence.

The court order said, "To prosecute the accused for the offence of money laundering under PMLA, the existence of a s...