Arrests

the CBI carried out eight arrests including two retired Major Generals TK Kaul and AR Kumar,

retired brigadier MM Wanchoo, former General Officer Commanding(GOC) of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa, Adarsh promoter Kanhaiyalal Gidwani and Pradeep Vyas, then city collector and currently, finance secretary(expenditure) in the Govt. of Maharashtra. Accordingly on 22 March 2012, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr.Prithviraj Chavan announced in the legislative assembly that the two IAS officers whose names have figured in the scam, Pradeep [20][21] Vyas and Jairaj Phatak have been suspended from government service. According to newspaper reports, many of the arrested hold more than one flat in the society in fictitious names. Former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani was reported to have as many as ten flats, which he had [22] bought on behalf of top politicians.
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Jairaj Phatak and Ramanand Tiwari were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on 3 April 2012, [24] for their alleged involvement in receiving illegal gratification in the Adarsh Housing Society Scam. [edit]Bail On 29 May 2012, a special CBI court granted bail to seven of the nine arrested accused in the Adarsh scam since the CBI failed to file a chargesheet within the stipulated 60 days from the time it took them in custody. Those granted bail include Maj Gen (retd) A R Kumar, Maj Gen (retd) T K Kaul, Brig (retd) M M Wanchu, IAS officer and former Mumbai collector Pradeep Vyas, former Defence Estate officer R C Thakur, IAS officer P V Deshmukh and former Congress member of the Legislative Council Kanhaiyalal Gidwani (the chief promoter of Adarsh).

The bail was set at 5 lakh (US$9,100). They have been directed to attend the CBI office every Tuesday and Thursday between 10 am and 12 pm. The court also told the accused to deposit their passports and [25] not tamper with evidence.

On 27 June 2012, while deposing before the two member panel probing the scam, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra contended that land was allotted to the housing society after getting clearance from the Revenue Department, passing the buck to his successor, Ashok Chavan who headed the department thent