HC grants interim protection from arrest to Maha ex-minister Parab in ED case

March 14, 2023 23:49

The Bombay high court on Tuesday granted interim protection from coercive action to former Maharashtra minister Anil Parab till March 20 in a money laundering case related to a resort at Dapoli in Ratnagiri district.

Parab, a leader of the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray, has moved the HC seeking to quash the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate.

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sharmila Deshmukh granted him interim relief, directing that no coercive action (such as arrest) should be taken against him till March 20, the next date of hearing.

Senior advocate Amit Desai, appearing for Parab, argued that the Enforcement Case Information Report of the ED was based on a complaint filed by an individual alleging violation of the Environment Protection Act, Coastal Regulation Zone rules and cheating in the construction of Sai Resort at Dapoli.

Parab moved the court following the arrest of his aide Sadanan Kadam in the case.

The ED has also arrested then sub-divisional officer Jairam Deshpande.

"I have rushed to the court only because of a tweet," the lawyer said, referring to a tweet by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya who had hinted, after Kadam's arrest, that Parab could be next. -- PTI

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