The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former state PWD minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on the afternoon of March 14 in connection with its probe into the money laundering case registered ag
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former state PWD minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on the afternoon of March 14 in connection with its probe into the money laundering case registered against him and others.
Last month, Pankaj Bhujbal was called and his statement was recorded. According to sources, the ED will record the statement of Chhagan Bhujbal.
The ED had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) against the Bhujbals and some of their associates and arrested the former minister’s nephew Sameer last month. Sameer is currently lodged in the high-security Arthur Road jail.
The agency has filed two FIRs against the Bhujbals and others under the provisions of the PMLA, based on Mumbai police FIRs in the Maharashtra Sadan construction scam and the Kalina land grabbing case. It has also brought out orders for the attachment of three properties with an estimated worth of over '280 crore in the case under money laundering laws. The ED had twice conducted searches on nine premises, including properties and offices, belonging to the senior Bhujbal, Pankaj, Sameer and a few others.
The judicial custody of Sameer got over on Monday, but a special PMLA court in Mumbai extended it to March 21 as the ED had claimed it had managed to unearth a trail of Rs 45 crore in addition to what was recovered in the past and thus needed more time to interrogate him.
