SOMETHING UNTHINKABLE happened in Maharashtra politics on March 22. The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached 11 residential flats belonging to Shree Saibaba Grihanirmiti Pvt Ltd—owned and controlled by Shridhar Patankar, brother-in-law of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray—in the Pushpak Bullion money laundering case. The message was clear: the Thackerays were no longer untouchable. The development assumes significance as the ED had so far restricted its action to Shiv Sena and NCP leaders without venturing anywhere near Maharashtra’s first family and its close relatives.
The ED had recorded a money laundering case against Pushpak Bullion and subsidiaries on March 6, 2017. After demonetisation was announced, Pushpak Bullion is alleged to have sold 258kg of gold and accepted payments in demonetised currency. The ED has already provisionally attached immovable and movable properties of Pushpak Bullion worth ₹21.46 crore. The Pushpak Group is controlled by chartered accountants Mahesh Patel and Chandrakant Patel, and their family members.
This story is from the April 17, 2022 edition of THE WEEK.
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