Though Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai claims it got clearance from the Ministry of Environment, sources say it has bypassed coastal regulation zone clearances.
After meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that they would go through the documents related to the Adrash society scam before any decision.
BJP President Nitin Gadkari demanded the ouster of Maharashta Chief Minister and said the scandal has exposed the Congress party. He also claimed that there is not one but many such examples, which the BJP will raise in the upcoming Parliament session.
It now seems three former chief ministers of Maharashtra - Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Narayan Rane - not just gave clearances to the controversial building, but also to have benefited from the allotments. Sources tell NDTV that associates of all the three former chief ministers were allotted flats.
Sources say the Army is probing four successive General Officers Commanding (GOCs) of Maharashtra and Gujarat area, all of whom were allotted flats in the Adarsh Society.
Mumbai's Adarsh Housing Society may have become the catchment area for a massive political controversy, but the Maharashtra Chief Minister denied the complex was meant for Kargil martyr's families.
The 31-storey high-rise in Colaba has become the catchment area for a massive political controversy. The BJP is now demanding that the Maharashtra chief minister resign immediately or be removed from his office.
Although the Congress has made it clear that Chavan's immediate political future will be decided by an inquiry headed by Pranab Mukherjee and AK Antony, there's another worry for the party - just who can replace the Chief Minister?
An inquiry by the Army and the CBI is focussed on uncovering how prime property in Mumbai, meant for war widows and military veterans, has been turned into a high-rise with flats allotted to former army chiefs, politicians and bureaucrats.
No water, no electricity. It's curtains for the Adarsh Housing Society members at least for the time being. And for the three Kargil war heroes who've also been given flats - a period of uncertainty and disappointment.