“ED registers money laundering case against Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Ravindra Waikar in the ‘₹500 crore 5-Star Hotel Scam’”, Opindia, November 3, 2023:
“The Enforcement Directorate registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MLA Ravindra Waikar in connection with the construction of a luxury hotel on Jogeshwari.
The case is registered against Waikar in ‘Rs500 crore 5-Star Hotel Scam’. Waikar is accused of defrauding the BMC of Rs 500 crore by obtaining permission to build a five-star hotel on a plot reserved for a BMC playground.
ED is likely to issue summons to Ravindra Waikar and others accused in the case.
According to officials, they have obtained all the case-related documents and statements from Ravindra Waikar which were handed over to Mumbai police EOW (Economic Offences Wing)…..”
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