Enforcement Directorate arrests former Maharashtra MLA in money-laundering case
The Hindu
The ex-MLA from the Peasants and Workers Party was arrested under sections of PMLA and is expected to be produced before a local court for further custody, they said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former Maharashtra MLA Vivekanand S Patil in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of over ₹512 crore in a Panvel-located cooperative bank, officials said on Wednesday. They said Patil, 66, was arrested by the Central probe agency around 8.15 p.m. on Tuesday after his questioning at the ED office in Ballard Estate area in Mumbai. The ex-MLA from the Peasants and Workers Party was arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and is expected to be produced before a local court for further custody, they said.With the Prajwal Revanna sexual abuse case taking new twists every day, JD(S) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday appealed to the Hassan MP, who is his nephew, to return and subject himself to the legal process. This is the first time that such an appeal has been made by the family.
Amidst continuing protest over the murder of Anjali Ambiger in Hubballi, Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who visited the victim’s family on Monday, announced in a press conference that like the Neha Hiremath case, this too would be handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for inquiry.