The ED initiated its money laundering investigation based on FIRs registered by the CBI ACB, Pune, and the Shivajinagar Police Station, Pune, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Balasaheb Kerunath Vikhe, a sugarcane cultivator and member of the Padmashri Vikhe Patil Sahakari Karkhana (cooperative sugar mill), who originally filed the complaint that led to the Supreme Court order, has demanded that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis resign to ensure an impartial investigation.
The former branch manager of Central Bank of India branch was earlier terminated from service after prima facie evidence was established against him.
The High Court had earlier admitted for adjudication Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim’s petition challenging the jail term pronounced by a special vigilance court case in Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) corruption case and granted him interim bail.
