Mumbai: Yuva Sena president and Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday termed “politically motivated” the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to wife of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
The ED summoned Varsha Raut for questioning in the PMC Bank dollars laundering case on December 29, officials had mentioned on Sunday.
“The ED move is politically motivated. We are not scared. The MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) government is stable,” Aaditya, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, told reporters when asked about the ED summons.
The ED officials had mentioned that Varsha Raut has been asked to seem prior to the federal agency in Mumbai. This is the third summons issued to her immediately after she skipped the earlier two on well being grounds, they mentioned.
The summons for questioning has been issued to her beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED desires to query Varsha Raut with regard to “receipt” of some funds that had been allegedly siphoned from the bank, official sources had claimed.
The ED had filed a PMLA case to probe the alleged loan fraud in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank in October final year against the Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), its promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan, its former chairman Waryam Singh and ex-managing director Joy Thomas.