India, Nov. 20 -- The Pune police have recorded the statement of Sheetal Tejwani, an accused in the alleged illegal sale of government land in Mundhwa to the firm of Parth Pawar, son of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.

Tejwani appeared for questioning in connection with the case registered at the Khadak police station on Tuesday, an official said.

Tejwani, along with Parth's business partner Digvijay Patil and suspended tehsildar Suryakant Yeole, has been named as an accused. Yeole allegedly misused his authority by issuing eviction notices to the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), which occupies the land on a government lease. Police have maintained that Parth is not an accused as his name does not appear on the sale deed.

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