The Central Bureau of Investigation has claimed to have found incriminating documents pertaining to the Adarsh Housing Society from the premises of senior Indian Administrative Service officer and former Mumbai civic chief Jairaj Phatak.
The CBI, which is investigating the Adarsh scam, carried out searches at the premises of Phatak and his relatives in Mumbai, Pune, their hometown Yavatmal and New Delhi. Phatak's son Kanishk is among the 103 members who own an apartment in Adarsh society. Besides the Adarsh flat, CBI teams searched the official residence and office of Phatak in New Delhi, Kanishk's residence at Marine Drive in Mumbai and a bungalow in Pune.
On Tuesday morning, the CBI started searches at Kanishk's residence in Shantiniketan apartments at Marine Drive. As part of the CBI team was conducting the search, the other officials questioned Phatak's family members. According to sources,
the interrogation continued for five hours.