NCP leader Eknath Khadse's son-in-law arrested by ED in Pune land deal case

Mumbai, July 8: NCP leader Eknath Khadse’s son-in-law Girish Chaudhary has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case in connection with a land deal in Pune's Bhosari.

 

 

He was being questioned for 13 hours till late night on Tuesday at the ED office in Mumbai. After being questioned, Chaudhary was arrested by the agency, and he was produced before the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court.

 

 

While being questioned, he also presented several documents related to the case which were analysed by the officials. He will be presented before the court today. Chaudhary will be in custody till July 12 for further interrogation.

 

 

The land deal case date backs to 2016. Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau had registered a case against Eknath Khadse, his wife Mandakini, Girish Chaudhary, and the landowner Abbas Aqani after finding irregularities in a 2016 Pune land deal. Due to this, he had resigned from the then Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis-led cabinet in 2016.

 

 

He was accused of misusing his official powers to facilitate the purchase of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) government land by his family in the Bhosari area of Pune. The 3.1 acres of land which cost Rs 30 crore was purchased for Rs 3.75 crore, as per reports. In 2020, he joined the NCP.