Anil Deshmukh
NCP. former home minister of maharashtra
Agencies: ED, CBI, IT
Deshmukh was arrested on November 2 last year in an extortion case for demanding Rs 100 crore of ‘Saubhagya’ from the orchestra bar and restaurant for their “smooth functioning”. On December 29, the ED filed a supplementary charge sheet. In the case against Deshmukh, he was called the “principal mover” in the case. The ED said its probe has revealed that at least 13 companies, which are directly controlled by members of Deshmukh’s family and at least 14 which were closely controlled by family associates, were used “incorrectly by Deshmukh”. for the purpose of “infusion of money earned in the manner”.
Investigation is also underway against Deshmukh along with his family members in a corruption case. Apart from allegations of extortion, the CBI is also probing Deshmukh for “misusing” his position when he was Maharashtra home minister.
Anil Parabi
NCP. Maharashtra Transport Minister
Agencies: ED, CBI, IT
Investigation is on in the money laundering case registered against Deshmukh and others in connection with the transfer and posting of police officers against Parab. The ED, in its prosecution complaint, had attached the statement of sacked Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze, who claimed that apart from NCP leader Deshmukh, he had received “periodic instructions” to Parab to take bribes.
In March, the IT department said it found unaccounted cash transactions of ‘Rs 6 crore spent by Parab on the construction of a resort.
Varsha Raut and Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena. Member, Rajya Sabha
Agencies: ED, IT
The ED said that while probing a money laundering case against jailed HDIL promoters Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan, it unearthed certain transactions involving Raut’s wife Varsha. According to the agency, the investigation conducted so far has revealed that about Rs 100 crore was transferred from HDIL to the account of arrested accused Praveen Raut. It said that the investigation revealed that in the year 2010, Varsha Raut had received, directly or indirectly, part of the alleged proceeds of crime amounting to ₹83 lakh from Madhuri, wife of Praveen Raut. This amount was allegedly used by Raut to buy a flat in Dadar. The ED said that after the ED investigation started, Raut transferred Rs 55 lakh to Madhuri Raut. It has attached flats and eight lands in Alibaug on the outskirts of Mumbai.
Ajit Pawar
NCP. deputy chief minister
Agencies: ED, IT
The ED is probing Ajit Pawar in the irrigation scam and the fraud involving the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB). The agency has attached assets worth Rs 65 crore of Jarandeshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory (SSK), a sugar co-operative factory located in Satara, Koregaon, Maharashtra in connection with the money laundering probe in the MSCB case.
The Income Tax Department is probing Pawar and his family members under the alleged tax evasion and Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act (PBPTA), 1988. Last year, the department cited and provisionally attached four properties.
According to the department, unaccounted and benami transactions worth Rs 184 crore were unearthed in the searches conducted at 70 places.
Sharad Pawar
NCP chief
Agencies: ED
The ED is probing the role of over 70 leaders, including 50 from the NCP, nine from the Congress, two from the Shiv Sena and one from the BJP, in the MSC bank scam. While Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has been named as an accused in the FIR, his uncle, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar is not named in the case registered by the city police. However, the central agency is probing him. Pawar “voluntarily” visited the ED’s Mumbai headquarters, but was stopped at the gate.
Praful Patel
NCP. former union minister
Agencies: ED
The ED had probed a firm linked to Praful Patel and his family members in a terror financing case involving former gangster Iqbal Memon alias Iqbal Mirchi. In October 2019, the agency had questioned Patel in connection with a property confirmation deed belonging to Millennium Developers, which is owned by the NCP leader. According to ED documents, which ET accessed, on February 21, 2007, Millennium Developers signed a deed for a unit at Mumbai’s CJ House with “tenants” Hazra Memon, Iqbal’s widow and their children Asif and Junaid. .
Ashok Chavan
Congress. PWD Minister
Agencies: CBI, IT and ED
Both the ED and the IT are probing Chavan’s alleged role in the Adarsh CHS scam. Recently, the IT department had searched the premises of a cabinet minister in connection with a loan given to a sugar factory. The agency had also raided builders linked to the minister on charges of alleged tax evasion.
Hassan Mushrif
NCP. Minister of Rural Development and Labor in the Government of Maharashtra
Agencies: MCA
The MCA is probing a Pune-based sugar factory in which Mushrif’s family members are directors. The probe reportedly revealed that the Pune-based Sir Senapati Santaji Ghorpade Sugar Factory Limited, controlled by Mushrif’s family members, allegedly violated corporate governance norms and indulged in fraud and alleged irregularities. Rajat Consumer Services Private Limited became a shareholder of the company in 2012-13 and subscribed 11.8 million shares valued at Rs.10. However, the profit and loss statement filed by the company showed that revenue from operations stood at Rs 4.33 lakh, the findings showed.
Nawab Malik
NCP
Agencies: ED, NIA
In February, the ED arrested the Maharashtra State Minority Affairs Minister in a money laundering case involving 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim. According to the agency, Malik and Ibrahim’s late sister Haseena Parkar “planned to grab a property (in suburban Mumbai)”. Malik took control of Solidus Investments Pvt Ltd, controlled by Parkar’s associate, becoming a tenant of the property under investigation. The ED had told the court that Malik then colluded with Parkar and 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Sardar Khan and took illegal possession of the property.
Other prominent MVA leaders being probed by central agencies include Pratap Sarnaik, Bhavna Gawli and Yashwant and Yamini Jadhav.
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