Nagpur News: Nagpur lawyer who filed pleas against Fadnavis arrested by ED in money laundering case

The ED on Thursday arrested Nagpur-based lawyer Satish Uke and his brother Pradeep in reference to a cash laundering investigation, officers mentioned. They mentioned the 2 had been taken into custody underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) and are anticipated to be produced earlier than a courtroom on Friday.

The lawyer, who has filed petitions in opposition to senior BJP chief and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the previous few years, was raided by the central probe company since early morning.

Officers claimed the cash laundering case in opposition to the brothers is said to the acquisition of an about 1.5 acre land in Nagpur someday again and the paperwork used for the land buy had been allegedly cast.

The land that was bought was within the identify of the brothers, they mentioned.

Satish Uke’s home positioned in Parvati Nagar space of Nagpur was searched, and he and his brother had been later taken to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) workplace within the metropolis for interrogation.