Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police submitted a closure report in the Jogeshwari land case against Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar, his wife and four close aides. This development came after Waikar joined the Eknath Shinde-led faction and subsequently won the north-west Mumbai Lok Sabha seat by a narrow margin.
The case pertains to the construction of a star hotel in Jogeshwari through alleged manipulation of land use conditions.
The EOW claimed that the complaint filed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was based on "incomplete information and misunderstanding".
Waikar joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in March this year.
Earlier in January, the Shiv Sena MP appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case related to a luxury hotel under construction in Jogeshwari.
After appearing before the central agency, Waikar's lawyers termed the allegations leveled against the Uddhav MLA faction as "false and baseless".
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA said that he cooperated in the ED investigation and that he would return if the ED called him again.
"We have submitted the bank documents and other details. If complaints are filed in this manner and permission is revoked after granting it, it is absolutely wrong," Waikar said while talking to reporters.
Waikar's lawyers Mohan Tekavde and Swati Tekavde, who were with the MLA for nine hours during the interrogation, said, "We answered all the questions of the ED and provided them with all the details. We submitted documents from the year 2001 related to this." There are proceeds of crime linked to my client and there is no tainted money. “The allegations of Rs 500 crore scam made against Waikar are false and baseless.”
The Enforcement Directorate had earlier conducted raids at seven places linked to Waikar and his associates in connection with the same case.
The ED registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Waikar in November, alleging a "Rs 500 crore scam in a 5-star hotel".
Waikar is accused of defrauding the BMC of Rs 500 crore by getting permission to build a five-star hotel on land reserved for a BMC playground.
Ravindra Waikar won the North West Mumbai constituency by a small margin of 48 votes. The constituency witnessed a close fight between both Shiv Sena factions - Eknath Shinde's Ravindra Waikar and Uddhav Thackeray's Amol Kirtikar.
The case pertains to the construction of a star hotel in Jogeshwari through alleged manipulation of land use conditions.
The EOW claimed that the complaint filed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was based on "incomplete information and misunderstanding".
Waikar joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in March this year.
Earlier in January, the Shiv Sena MP appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case related to a luxury hotel under construction in Jogeshwari.
After appearing before the central agency, Waikar's lawyers termed the allegations leveled against the Uddhav MLA faction as "false and baseless".
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA said that he cooperated in the ED investigation and that he would return if the ED called him again.
"We have submitted the bank documents and other details. If complaints are filed in this manner and permission is revoked after granting it, it is absolutely wrong," Waikar said while talking to reporters.
Waikar's lawyers Mohan Tekavde and Swati Tekavde, who were with the MLA for nine hours during the interrogation, said, "We answered all the questions of the ED and provided them with all the details. We submitted documents from the year 2001 related to this." There are proceeds of crime linked to my client and there is no tainted money. “The allegations of Rs 500 crore scam made against Waikar are false and baseless.”
The Enforcement Directorate had earlier conducted raids at seven places linked to Waikar and his associates in connection with the same case.
The ED registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Waikar in November, alleging a "Rs 500 crore scam in a 5-star hotel".
Waikar is accused of defrauding the BMC of Rs 500 crore by getting permission to build a five-star hotel on land reserved for a BMC playground.
Ravindra Waikar won the North West Mumbai constituency by a small margin of 48 votes. The constituency witnessed a close fight between both Shiv Sena factions - Eknath Shinde's Ravindra Waikar and Uddhav Thackeray's Amol Kirtikar.
