Among the 33 benami transactions unearthed by the CBI investigation into the Adarsh Housing Society scam are also 10 benami transactions linked to a finance company.
CBI sources, who shared the contents of the investigation report with The Hindu , said San Finance Corporation Ltd. was linked to the purchase of 10 apartments in Adarsh, two more than what the Adarsh Commission found.
The company's director Abhay Sancheti is the brother of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Sancheti. When contacted, the parliamentarian said, “I have nothing to say about this case. It is my brother’s company.”
The sources said two flats were purchased by family members of Mr. Sancheti. Eight were financed by the company. Of the eight, two were allotted to a driver and peon of the company.
The role of the wife of a serving police officer in the Maharashtra police also figures in the CBI report. Sources say Sharmila Barve, wife of IPS officer Sanjay Barve, bought a flat in the name of her father-in-law S.V. Barve. She and her husband owned flats in Mumbai..
