Mumbai: In Maharashtra, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is being tightened on politicians and industrialists. ED’s raids are going on on one or the other day. ED has attached property worth Rs 2167 crore in Maharashtra itself in the last one year.
In this, former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, NCP leader Eknath Khadse, former MLA Vivekananda Shankar Patil, close to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s Jarandeshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory and alleged accomplice of Shiv Sena MP Bhavna Gawli. Saeed Khan’s property.
Action on Anil Deshmukh
The ED had on November 1 last year arrested former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case. He is still lodged in Arthur Road Jail. His bail hearing is going on in the Bombay High Court. On July 16, the ED had attached Deshmukh’s assets worth Rs 4 crore 20 lakh in this case.
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Raids on Eknath Khadse
On August 27 this year, the ED attached NCP leader Eknath Khadse’s assets worth Rs 5.73 crore, including immovable assets worth Rs 4.86 crore and bank balance of Rs 86.28 lakh. Whereas the ED had attached assets worth Rs 234 crore of former MLA Vivekananda Shankar Patil on August 17. It is related to Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank in bank scam case.
Assets of alleged accomplice of Bhawna Gawli seized
Similarly, on July 2, the ED had attached assets worth Rs 65 crore of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and some of his close associates in the Jarandeshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory case. On November 26, the ED had attached properties worth Rs 3.75 crore in south Mumbai of Saeed Khan, an alleged accomplice of Shiv Sena MP Bhavna Gawli. Bhavna Gawli is Saeed Khan’s associate and director of Mahila Utkarsh Pratishthan. There is an allegation of alleged embezzlement of funds from this establishment.
Screws on former MP Adsul
On January 10, 112 plots of Pratap Sarnaik were confiscated. National Spot Exchange Limited in Titwala is accused of scam of Rs 5600 crore. ED cracks down on former Shiv Sena MP Anandrao Adsul. The investigation of the scam of Rs 980 crore of City Co-operative Bank is going on against him.
Action in Bank Scams and Corporate Matters
The ED’s actions include bank scams and corporate cases. In this, the ED attached assets worth Rs 483 crore of Empress Mall in Nagpur on November 11, Rs 578 crore of Wadhawan Global Capital on September 28, HDIL worth Rs 233 crore in the PMC Bank scam case on September 2.
bank account freeze
The ED had attached assets worth Rs 166 of Varone Group on May 27, assets in Shivaji Bhosale Co-operative Bank scam on March 8 and Pravin Raut’s assets worth Rs 72 crore in PMC Bank scam on January 1. Whereas on March 17, Rs 32 crore bank accounts have been frozen in the TRP scam of Rathi, Box Cinema and Maha Movie itself.