India, Dec. 19 -- Parth Pawar, son of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, has approached the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Pune police, alleging that his signatures were forged on documents circulated in connection with the Mundhwa land case.

In a letter submitted on Thursday to the deputy commissioner of police (EOW), Parth, responding publicly for the first time to the controversy, denied any link to the disputed correspondence. He said the signatures appearing on certain papers shared with the media were forged.

Vivek Masar, deputy commissioner of police, EOW, said, "There is a letter my office has received today, but I have not gone through it yet."

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