NCP Leader Jayant Patil Reaches ED Office For Questioning In IL&FS Money Laundering Case

NCP Leader Jayant Patil on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his interrogation in the alleged IL&FS money laundering case.

Jayant Patil

New Delhi: NCP Leader Jayant Patil on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his interrogation in the alleged IL&FS money laundering case.

On May 15, the Enforcement Directorate had sent him a second summon and asked him to appear before the agency on May 22.

Patil, who has held home and finance portfolios in the Maharashtra government in the past, told reporters earlier that he never had any association or financial dealings with Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS).

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He will appear before ED today in connection with the alleged IL & FS scam pic.twitter.com/uCz7q4kvZn

— ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2023

Taking to his personal Twitter handle, Patil wrote, "I will be present at ED office today at 11 am. Since the summons of ED, I have been receiving calls from office bearers of my party and other friendly parties from all over the state and I understand that people from all over the state are coming to ED office today. I request that no one should come to Mumbai. I will fully cooperate with the ED in this inquiry and thank you all for the love you have shown me."

 

According to PTI, the alleged payment of some "commission amount" by some accused companies to entities linked to Patil are under the scanner of the agency and it is understood he will be questioned about these transactions and his statement recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The money laundering probe into the alleged financial irregularities at IL&FS was launched by the ED in 2019 on the basis of an FIR filed by the Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and a complaint filed by the SFIO against IL&FS Financial Services and its officials.

The agency had also attached assets of various entities in this case in the past.

The Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) filed for bankruptcy in 2018.