India, Dec. 23 -- Social activists Anjali Damania and Vijay Kumbhar have alleged that three officers on special duty (OSDs) of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar helped Pawar's son Parth in the controversial land deal in Mundhwa, Pune.

The deal, which involved the sale of 40 acres of government-owned Mahar Watan land to Amadea Enterprises LLP, in which Parth is a partner, is under scrutiny for alleged irregularities including waiver of stamp duty and illegal sale of government property to a private firm. The plot has a thick green cover, part of which was leased to the Botanical Survey of India.

Damania and Kumbhar, a Pune-based RTI activist, made the claim in a press conference on Monday. Damani...