Rohit Pawar News: Sharad Pawar’s grandson and NCP MLA Rohit Pawar was interrogated by ED for more than 11 hours on Wednesday (January 24). Many party leaders including Supriya Sule and Jitendra Awhad received Rohit Pawar from the ED office. Around 10.30 am, ED officials started interrogating him. He was questioned in a money laundering case related to the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam. NCP MP Supriya Sule and other party leaders accompanied Rohit Pawar to the office of the investigating agency. Sharad Pawar remained present in the NCP office for about 10 hours.
Before reaching the ED office, Rohit Pawar went to the nearby NCP office and met Sharad Pawar, touched his feet and talked to other party leaders. He also visited Vidhan Bhavan and paid homage to the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the plaque of the Indian Constitution. Before Rohit Pawar entered the ED office, Sule handed him a copy of the Indian Constitution.
Supriya Sule hugged Rohit Pawar. He touched Supriya’s feet before entering the investigating agency’s office. Hundreds of NCP workers from across the state gathered at the party office in South Mumbai. They raised slogans in support of Rohit Pawar and protested against ED.
Entering the NCP office, Rohit Pawar said that he has cooperated with the agencies in the investigation in the past and will do so in future also. NCP MLA from Kajrat Jamkhed Rohit Pawar said, “The officials are doing their work, whatever documents they have asked for, we have given them.” I will appear before them and give them whatever information they ask for.
The Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank money laundering case is based on an FIR registered in August 2019 by the Economic Offenses Wing of Mumbai Police. On January 5, ED had searched Baramati Agro, a company owned by Rohit Pawar, and some of its associated premises at Baramati, Pune, Aurangabad and some other places. This case was registered on the orders of the Bombay High Court. The court had given this order during the hearing on a petition in which there was an allegation of alleged fraudulent tax in the Maharashtra cooperative sector and selling at throwaway prices.
