Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Mumbai North West Lok Sabha candidate Amol Kirtikar was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday in connection with a money laundering probe related to alleged irregularities in the distribution of funds. Khichdi during Covid-19 pandemic "ED has summoned me and I will appear before the agency today and whatever they ask, I will answer," Kirtikar said this morning, days after the central agency had issued its second summons to Kirtikar. Skip the summons of March 29. Shiv Sena (UBT) has fielded Kirtikar from Mumbai North West Lok Sabha. Kirtikar's father and senior politician Gajanan Kirtikar is now part of the Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister of Maharashtra) faction of Shiv Sena and also this year On January 30, Sandeep Raut, the outgoing MP from the said seat, Sena (UBT) leader and brother of MP Sanjay Raut, who appeared before the ED after a summons, on January 18 termed the SCA as baseless and "politically motivated". Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Suraj Chavan and an alleged close aide of party leader Aditya Thackeray have been sent to ED custody in a case in which Chavan has been accused of being involved in financial irregularities worth crores of rupees related to the distribution of "khichdi" to migrant workers. Was accused of. During the COVID-19 pandemic in June last year, the ED raided 15 locations in Mumbai, including the residence of Sooraj Chavan, and recovered documents in connection with the scam. The ED has alleged that agents linked to some politicians used influence to ensure the award to BMC. Gives the contract of Khichdi to his colleagues. It was alleged that khichad suppliers cheated the BMC by supplying less than the agreed quantity and submitting inflated bills.