MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate has filed a case of money laundering against senior Shiv Sena minister Anil Parab and carried out raids on premises in Mumbai, Pune and Dapoli in Ratnagiri which are linked to him and two business associates. Parab is the third minister in the Maharashtra cabinet to be booked under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the other two being NCP leaders Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik who are both in jail.
The money laundering case against Parab, a three-time legislator and now transport minister in the coalition cabinet, pertains to a land deal and construction of a resort in seaside Dapoli in violation of environment rules.
