A special court rejected the anticipatory bail plea by a Maharashtra Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Pravin Darekar, in a money laundering case involving a bank scam.
Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act judge Rahul Rokade held that a prima facie case is made out, and rejected the pre-arrest bail granted to Mr. Darekar for protection from arrest till March 29 for him to approach the High Court.
The case involves forged and fabricated documents submitted by Mr. Darekar, on the basis of which he became a member of Pratigya Labour Cooperative Society, and the Society authorised him to represent it in the elections of the Mumbai District Co-operative Bank.
