The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Sadanand Kadam, a close aide of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray ) leader and former Maharashtra minister Anil Parab in connection with a money laundering case, reported ANI. Sadanand is the brother of former Shiv Sena MP Ramdas Kadam.
An FIR has also been registered against Kadam in the illegal resort case of Anil Parab in Dapoli, Ratnagiri.
The federal agency earlier questioned Kadam in the money laundering case registered against Parab and others in connection with the Dapoli resort fraud case.
Notably, Anil Parab has a resort in Dapoli which is allegedly illegal, and he has also indulged in corruption to build it.
According to ANI, the ED had also called Parab in the alleged money laundering case in the Dapoli resort case. Union Environment Ministry declared the resort illegal as it found that its rules were allegedly ignored to build the resort. The ministry later complained about this in the Dapoli Court.
Taking this complaint as its base, the ED registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) and began a probe into the case. The agency earlier conducted raids at seven locations of Parab. BJP leader Kirit Somaiya informed that Dapoli Police agreed to consider his complaint and search for evidence against the unauthorized resort, mentioned ANI report.
Somaiya also informed that the government has declared it fraud forgery in the illegal construction of Dapoli Resort.
Kirit Somaiya lodged a complaint in 2021, with the then Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar against Parab. In his complaint, he accused Parab of illegally constructing a resort in Ratnagiri during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Parab in connection with an alleged money laundering case in June this year.
The agency has filed a case under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Anil Parab. It then carried out raids at Parab's official as well as a private residences. He was then summoned by the central agencies in May 2022.
(With Agency Inputs)