By Staff Reporter
Mumbai
Shiv Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik did not seem prior to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday in a case involving alleged misappropriations in a contract bagged by Tops Group with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA),
Sarnaik was summoned once more to seem on Monday by the agency who has questioned him in the previous. This is the fourth summons issued in the case. Despite repeated attempts, Sarnaik was not obtainable for comment.
Sarnaik was questioned by ED on December 10 more than the make contact with and his alleged hyperlinks with Amit Chandole, 46, who has been arrested in the case as termed as his “confidante” by the agency. The Supreme Court (SC) had asked ED to not take any coercive action against Sarnaik and his family members in a current interim order.
ED, referring to the statements recorded in the case, had earlier told the court that “it appears that Tops Group obtained a contract from MMRDA in collusion with Sarnaik through illegal means by a well thought out strategy. The aim of these illegal maneuvers was to get additional inadmissible benefits by inflating the bills”. The ED had earlier told the court that Chandole utilized to gather the mentioned earnings on behalf of Sarnaik. The funds mainly utilized to be delivered in money and that a single Miss Latika Randive utilized to preserve the records for the very same and she utilized to coordinate with Chandole.
Post questioning, Sarnaik had earlier told media-persons that it is his duty to answer queries posed by ED. “ED asked me some questions related to my profession, politics and others. I had said clearly that ED is a big organization tracking corruption and black money stashed abroad. ED was launched to teach lessons to such people and hence I believe it is my responsibility to answer their all questions as a people’s representative,” he mentioned adding, “I answered these queries. I do not know if they are happy with the answers or not but all the ED officers asked me queries in a playful atmosphere. The queries had been about my family members, profession and politics and every single query was answered.”