Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Rohit Pawar, grandnephew of party supremo Sharad Pawar, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), for questioning on January 24 as part of an alleged money laundering probe connected to the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam.
On January 5, the agency conducted searches at six locations - at Baramati, Pune, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (previously Aurangabad), and Pimpri-Chinchwad - linked to Baramati Agro Private Limited a firm owned by Mr. Rohit Pawar.
Mr. Rohit Pawar is the nephew of Baramati MP Supriya Sule and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who represents the Baramati Assembly Constituency.