Shiv Sena MP Bhavana Gawali Summoned By Enforcement Directorate

After the arrest of her close aide Saeed Khan, Shiv Sena MP Bhavana Gawali has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 4. The agency will interrogate Gawali in a money laundering case against her, as per reports.

The MP is accused of conspiring with Khan in converting a trust named Mahila Utkarsha Pratishatan into a company by illegal methods. As per reports, the agency seeks to interrogate Gawali and her aide Khan together.

The ED has registered a case against Gawali under the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based a complaint registered in Washim district, Maharashtra. The complaint was filed by Gawali in May 2020 and alleged of financial irregularities in the trust. The FIR lodged was against her secretary Ashok Gandule other employees for allegedly misappropriating ₹18.18 crore belonging to the trust.

In PMLA special court, the Enforcement Directorate said that Gawali with Saeed Khan and other associates allegedly conspired to covert the trust into a company under the Company Act through forgery in January 2020. As per reports, ₹69 crore in book value was allegedly transferred to the newly formed company. Khan and Shalinitai Pundlikraoji Gawali, the mother of Bhavana Gawali, are the directors of the company.ED informed the court that the accused forged documents, letters, and certificates for submission to the Registrar of Companies.

ED had also carried out searches at the premises of Mahila Utkarsha Pratishthan last month. A petition was also submitted in court which accused Gawali and her father of converting a cooperative land of a factory into a public one without getting permission from concerned authorities. There was no immediate response from Gawali.

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