Sharad Pawar's Party Leader Summoned In Money Laundering Case

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jayant Patil has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case.

The Maharashtra unit president of the NCP has been sent a notice in a money laundering case involving Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS). Mr Patil has been asked to present himself before the probe agency for questioning on May 15.

The probe agency earlier questioned Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in the case of a loan given to Kohinoor Construction, the firm that is developing the Kohinoor Square tower in Mumbai's Dadar.

The summons to the NCP leader comes after the ED conducted searches against two former auditors of IL&FS - BSR and Associates and Deloitte Haskins and Sells. The probe agency has alleged financial irregularities at IL&FS.

Some of the employees of the two auditors were also questioned by the officials during the searches and some documents were also seized.

The money laundering investigation into alleged financial irregularities at IL&FS was launched by the ED in 2019, after taking cognisance of a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing against a group of companies of IL&FS.

Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited filed for bankruptcy in 2018.