Jayant Patil appears before ED in IL&FS money laundering case

[ad_1]

Mumbai/New Delhi : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra unit president Jayant Patil arrives at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office. The ED has issued summons to Jayant Patil for questioning in the alleged money laundering case involving Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS).

Official sources said on Monday that Patil was summoned for questioning in the money laundering case related to alleged financial irregularities in the now-bankrupt financial services company IL&FS. The ED had earlier issued summons to Patil to appear before it on May 12 but he had sought a ten-day extension due to some personal work. After this he was asked to appear on May 22.

When Jayant Patil was called for questioning by the ED, he said that being a part of the opposition one has to face such problems. Actually, Jayant Patil, close to NCP chief Sharad Pawar, is to be questioned in the money laundering case related to IL&FS. The probe pertains to alleged irregularities in the loans and equity investments of the IL&FS group in Kohinoor CTNL, which is one of the defaulters.

It is noteworthy that the Enforcement Directorate is a multi-disciplinary organization, which investigates crimes such as money laundering and violations of foreign exchange laws. ED functions under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.