India, Jan. 7 -- A Pune court has rejected the bail application of Sheetal Kishanchand Tejwani Suryavanshi, the alleged power-of-attorney holder accused of illegally selling government land in Mundhwa and Bopodi to a company reportedly linked to Parth Pawar's partnership firm, Amedia. The court held that a prima facie case of cheating the government was made out and that releasing her at this stage could jeopardise the ongoing investigation.

The court observed that the alleged sale involved government land disposed of without mandatory sanction and without payment of requisite stamp duty. It also noted the economic nature of the offence and the high value of the transactions under scrutiny.

Tejwani, along with suspended tehsildar Suryak...