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High Court grants relief to Pratap Sarnaik and his family till August 23
Mumbai: The Mumbai High Court has granted temporary relief to Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Saranaik, his sons Vihang and Purvesh and relative Yogesh Chandegala in a money laundering case till August 23. The court has agreed to hear the petition filed by the Sarnaik family in the National Spot Exchange Limited case along with the Tops Securities case related to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). The court has already directed that no action should be taken till the case is settled.
The next hearing on the petition is now set for August 23. In the current busy schedule, it is not possible to hold a hearing on this. S. Shinde and Justice N. Jamadar's bench clarified. Meanwhile, in the case, if a notice is received from the investigating agency, all the four petitioners will co-operate fully with them, the witnesses told the court on behalf of the petitioners.
Developer Yogesh Deshmukh was arrested in April this year in the NSEL (National Spot Exchange Limited) case. The case is related to a financial scam of about Rs 5,500 crore. Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya had claimed on social media that Deshmukh was close to Pratap Saranaik and that the ED was now on his trail.
Sarnaik's Vihang Group has been accused of embezzling Rs 250 crore in NSEL with a blacklisted company, Astha Group. Vihang and Astha Group jointly started a project called Vihang Housing Project and purchased several lands in Titwala with the help of developer Deshmukh. Farmers were deceived while buying some of the land. Initially, a fraud of Rs 22 crore was uncovered. One crore was given to farmers. It was pointed out that Sarnaik diverted Rs 12 crore and the remaining Rs 10 crore to Deshmukh's account.
The ED had seized the plot in Titwala in 2014 and confirmed the confiscation of the plot from the authority. The ED had also informed the local revenue authority about the confiscation so that no transaction could take place in the area. However, with the help of Sarnaik, it came to light that developer Deshmukh had taken out the land confiscated by the ED in January for Vriki and the ED started investigating the matter. The ED had earlier questioned Pratap Saranaik and his son in the disproportionate assets case. The Supreme Court has granted bail to Pratap Saranaik, Vihang and Yogesh in a money laundering case involving a private security firm, Tops Group.
Mumbai: The Mumbai High Court has granted temporary relief to Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Saranaik, his sons Vihang and Purvesh and relative Yogesh Chandegala in a money laundering case till August 23. The court has agreed to hear the petition filed by the Sarnaik family in the National Spot Exchange Limited case along with the Tops Securities case related to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). The court has already directed that no action should be taken till the case is settled.
The next hearing on the petition is now set for August 23. In the current busy schedule, it is not possible to hold a hearing on this. S. Shinde and Justice N. Jamadar's bench clarified. Meanwhile, in the case, if a notice is received from the investigating agency, all the four petitioners will co-operate fully with them, the witnesses told the court on behalf of the petitioners.
Developer Yogesh Deshmukh was arrested in April this year in the NSEL (National Spot Exchange Limited) case. The case is related to a financial scam of about Rs 5,500 crore. Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya had claimed on social media that Deshmukh was close to Pratap Saranaik and that the ED was now on his trail.
Sarnaik's Vihang Group has been accused of embezzling Rs 250 crore in NSEL with a blacklisted company, Astha Group. Vihang and Astha Group jointly started a project called Vihang Housing Project and purchased several lands in Titwala with the help of developer Deshmukh. Farmers were deceived while buying some of the land. Initially, a fraud of Rs 22 crore was uncovered. One crore was given to farmers. It was pointed out that Sarnaik diverted Rs 12 crore and the remaining Rs 10 crore to Deshmukh's account.
The ED had seized the plot in Titwala in 2014 and confirmed the confiscation of the plot from the authority. The ED had also informed the local revenue authority about the confiscation so that no transaction could take place in the area. However, with the help of Sarnaik, it came to light that developer Deshmukh had taken out the land confiscated by the ED in January for Vriki and the ED started investigating the matter. The ED had earlier questioned Pratap Saranaik and his son in the disproportionate assets case. The Supreme Court has granted bail to Pratap Saranaik, Vihang and Yogesh in a money laundering case involving a private security firm, Tops Group.
The next hearing on the petition is now set for August 23. In the current busy schedule, it is not possible to hold a hearing on this. S. Shinde and Justice N. Jamadar's bench clarified. Meanwhile, in the case, if a notice is received from the investigating agency, all the four petitioners will co-operate fully with them, the witnesses told the court on behalf of the petitioners.
Developer Yogesh Deshmukh was arrested in April this year in the NSEL (National Spot Exchange Limited) case. The case is related to a financial scam of about Rs 5,500 crore. Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya had claimed on social media that Deshmukh was close to Pratap Saranaik and that the ED was now on his trail.
Sarnaik's Vihang Group has been accused of embezzling Rs 250 crore in NSEL with a blacklisted company, Astha Group. Vihang and Astha Group jointly started a project called Vihang Housing Project and purchased several lands in Titwala with the help of developer Deshmukh. Farmers were deceived while buying some of the land. Initially, a fraud of Rs 22 crore was uncovered. One crore was given to farmers. It was pointed out that Sarnaik diverted Rs 12 crore and the remaining Rs 10 crore to Deshmukh's account.
The ED had seized the plot in Titwala in 2014 and confirmed the confiscation of the plot from the authority. The ED had also informed the local revenue authority about the confiscation so that no transaction could take place in the area. However, with the help of Sarnaik, it came to light that developer Deshmukh had taken out the land confiscated by the ED in January for Vriki and the ED started investigating the matter. The ED had earlier questioned Pratap Saranaik and his son in the disproportionate assets case. The Supreme Court has granted bail to Pratap Saranaik, Vihang and Yogesh in a money laundering case involving a private security firm, Tops Group.
