ED books NCP Chief Sharad Pawar's nephew in Rs 25,000 Cr bank scam

In a massive setback to Pawar family ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday registered a money laundering case against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar and 75 others in connection with a Rs 25,000 crore scam pertaining to the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) scam. ED's move against the political big wigs from the NCP comes after the Bombay High Court in its last month's order asked the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police to file FIR against Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and 75 others in the alleged scam.