Day After Arresting Son-In-Law, Probe Agency Summons NCP's Eknath Khadse
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Eknath Khadse quit BJP in October 2020 to join NCP. In 2016, he was forced to resign as Maharashtra Revenue Minister over allegations of corruption.
Eknath Khadse, the former BJP leader who joined the Sharad Pawar-led NCP last October, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a 2016 Pune land deal case. This is the second time since January this year that the agency is set to question the senior politician, whose son-in-law, Girish Chaudhary, was arrested yesterday in connection with the same matter. Mr Khadse, who resigned as Maharashtra Revenue Minister in June 2016 following allegations of misuse of office, has been asked to present himself for questioning tomorrow. He was questioned in January by the agency in connection with the land deal of his family in the Bhosari area near Pune. His son-in-law was called in for questioning on Tuesday and later arrested. Earlier, the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had probed the matter and submitted a closure report. The income-tax department, too, had sought information on the matter.More Related News