New Delhi: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar's grand nephew and party MLA Rohit Pawar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday in connection with a money laundering probe into the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam, news agency PTI reported.
This is the second time Pawar appeared before the federal agency for questioning in the last 10 days.
Speaking to reporters, the NCP MLA said, "The case is clear. We are submitting all the documents that are required. I feel nothing will come out of this case..."
Pawar, who is a MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed, was earlier questioned by the agency on January 24.
On Thursday, Pawar arrived at the ED's office situated in Ballard Estate, South Mumbai, at 1:05 pm, accompanied by his family members, reported PTI.
Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar's wife, Pratibha Pawar, was present at the nearby NCP office while Rohit appeared before the ED. Sharad Pawar and his daughter, Supriya Sule, are currently in New Delhi for the Parliament session.
Hundreds of NCP workers from across the state gathered at both the NCP office and near the ED's establishment, staging protests against the agency's summons to Rohit Pawar. To maintain order, a large number of police personnel were deployed, and barricades were set up along roads leading to the ED office, as per the PTI report.
The Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank money laundering case stems from an August 2019 FIR of the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing.
The Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank money laundering case stems from an FIR filed by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing in August 2019.
On January 5, the ED conducted searches on the Baramati Agro, a company owned by Rohit Pawar, and some linked entities in Baramati, Pune, Aurangabad, and some other locations.
The case was filed after the Bombay High Court issued an order to investigate the allegations of selling sugar factories in the Maharashtra cooperative sector through alleged fraudulent means and also that they were sold at throwaway prices, the PTI report added.