BY A STAFF REPORTER: The Enforcement Directorate is carrying out raids at six locations in Maharashtra concerning a Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Scam on 5th January, Friday.
According to the reports, Amravati, Pune, Baramati, and Aurangabad are among the locations being searched. A company owned by Congress politician Sharad Pawar's Nephew, MLA Rohit Pawar, Baramati Agro's premises are also on the raid list.
The money Laundering case roots back to an FIR filed in the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in August 2019 following the Bombay High Court order to probe the allegations of selling sugar factories in Maharashtra cooperative sector through alleged dishonest means and also they were dealt at a rock-bottom price.