MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing alleged money laundering by a sugar mill controlled by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, has expanded its investigation after finding some questionable acquisition of other mills.
The ED is probing the Rs 750-crore loan availed by Jarandeshwar Sahakari Sugar Karkhana (Jarandeshwar SSK) in Satara, controlled by Pawar. Finding questionable transactions involving more sugar factories, it has collected documents for examination. These mills were bought with the loan availed by Jarandeshwar SSK.
The agency is already examining some other auctions similar to Jarandeshwar SSK, which had defaulted on a Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) loan, after which the bank had auctioned it to recover the loan money. Pawar was then holding an influential position in MSCB, and the mill was auctioned below market rate to a company controlled by him.
The ED has issued notices to the four banks, including Pune District Central Co-op Bank Ltd, where Pawar was a director
MUMBAI: Loans amounting to Rs 750 crore given by four cooperative banks to a sugar mill taken on lease by a company linked to deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and his wife, Sunetra, have come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate during its investigation into a money laundering case.
The ED has issued notices to the four banks, including Pune District Central Co-op Bank Ltd, where Pawar was a director. The ED is investigating the Rs 750 crore loan granted by the banks to Jarandeshwar Sahakari Sugar Karkhana (Jarandeshwar SSK).
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Amidst the ongoing war of words between the MVA government and the Centre over the role of central agencies, Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached Jarandeshwar Sahkari Sugar Karkhana (factory) in Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam.
The Jarandeshwar Sahkari Sugar Karkhana, located in Chimangaon-Koregaon and worth over Rs 65 crore, was attached under an anti-money laundering law in connection with the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam by the ED on Thursday, which also claimed that a company allegedly linked to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his wife were involved in the matter. These allegations have been denied by Pawar.
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