The Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior NCP leader and legislator Hasan Mushrif for questioning in connection with the ongoing money laundering probe against him and others, officials said on Saturday.
They said the leader has been asked to appear before the federal probe agency in Mumbai next week so that his statement can be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED had carried out searches at several premises linked to him in January. Some new discoveries were made in the last few days at Kolhapur and some other places.
The money laundering case pertains to investigations into alleged irregularities in the operation of some state-based sugar mills linked to Mushrif, including the Sir Senapati Santji Ghorpade Sugar Factory Limited, to which his three sons are linked.
Mushrif (68) is the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from Kolhapur’s Kagal seat. He is also the vice president of the party headed by Sharad Pawar. BJP leader Kirit Somaiya alleged in 2021 that the former Rural Development Minister (Mushrif) was involved in corrupt practices by holding ‘benami’ entities through his family members and companies. The NCP had then rejected these allegations.
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