India, Nov. 8 -- Hours before deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar announced on Friday evening that his son Parth Pawar had scrapped the controversial Rs.300-crore Mundhwa land deal, the Pune police registered a second first information report (FIR) in the case. It names Parth's business partner and others for alleged forgery, cheating, and illegal land transfer.

The fresh case, filed at Khadak Police Station on Friday morning, named Digvijay Patil, who jointly owns Amadea Enterprises LLP with Parth, along with power of attorney holder Shital Tejwani and suspended tehsildar Suryakant Yewale. The complaint, lodged by a naib tehsildar, has been transferred to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

District collector Jitendra Dudi said the complain...