The Enforcement Directorate carried out searches across Maharashtra on June 21 in a case pertaining to BMC Covid scam and seized Rs 68.65 Lakh in cash, documents revealing more than 50 immovable properties with an estimated market value of more than Rs 150 crore, as reported by the news agency ANI. The probe agency said that it also recovered fixed deposits and investments of Rs 15 crores along with jewellery items worth Rs 2.46 core along with several electronic devices.
ED said that searches revealed that a particular entity was supplying body bags for dead COVID-19 patients for Rs 2,000, while the said company supplied body bags for Rs 6,800 to the Central Procurement Department of BMC. The contract was given on instruction of the then mayor of BMC, it further stated.
IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal, who was summoned by ED on June 22, sought 4 days time to appear. The probe agency asked him to appear for questioning in the case but Sanjeev Jaiswal did not appear yesterday, as reported by ANI. ED will soon call him for questioning by sending another summon. Apart from him, ED will soon send summons to Dr Haridas Rathod, Ramakant Biradar and others, record their statements, and call them for questioning in the case next week.
According to ANI, ED has also summoned Suraj Chava, a close aide of Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Aaditya Thackeray and asked him to appear for questioning in the case. Earlier, the agency had conducted a raid at Suraj Chavan's residence and recovered documents.
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