Rohit Pawar, the grand-nephew of Sharad Pawar and NCP leader, has been summoned by the ED in connection with the alleged MSC Bank scam. In January first week, the agency conducted searches at several locations, including Baramati Agro Pvt.Ltd, which is linked to Rohit Pawar. The NCP and Pawar have called the case politically motivated.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches at six locations in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to the fraud caused to Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC)Bank. The searches include Baramati Agro Pvt. Ltd in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad district, a firm linked to NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, the grand nephew of Sharad Pawar.
The ED’s probe was initiated on the basis of a First Information Report, dated August 26, 2019, registered by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offence Wing (EOW) under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including criminal conspiracy and cheating and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
ED’s money laundering case is based on Mumbai police’s FIR in August 2019 which said that the then officials and directors of Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank had fraudulently sold the cooperative sugar mills at throw-away prices to relatives and private persons without following due procedure under SARFAESI Act.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has on Wednesday submitted a chargesheet in Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSC Bank) scam case in a court dealing with money laundering cases. The charge sheet does not include the names of former Maharashtra Deputy CM & NCP leader Ajit Pawar and his wife