Anil Parab, a minister in the Maharashtra government cabinet and senior Shiv Sena leader, was raided by the Enforcement Directorate in a fresh case lodged against him by the agency. Top sources told India Today that seven premises in Maharashtra linked to Anil Parab were raided after a case was registered against him. The raids were conducted in connection with a resort connected to Anil Parab which was earlier searched by the Income Tax department.
In March this year, the IT department carried out a search operation for a cable operator in Mumbai, a transport department employee and the businesses related to him.
Searches were carried out at 26 locations in Mumbai, Pune, Sangli and Ratnagiri.
During the search, it was found that a parcel of land in Maharashtra’s Dapoli was allegedly purchased by Anil Parab in 2017 for Rs 1 crore. The property was registered in 2019.
This land was subsequently sold to one of the persons covered in the search action in 2020 for a consideration of Rs 1.10 crore.
During this period, a resort was built on the same land between 2017 and 2020. By the time the parcel of land was registered in the name of Anil Parab, a large part of the construction of the resort was completed. Later, when the resort was almost complete, the property was sold by the politician to the cable operator in 2020.
The construction of the resort was not informed to the registration authorities.
Evidence found during the IT searches revealed that the construction of the resort started in 2017 and more than Rs 6 crore was allegedly spent in cash on construction of the resort. The cost of construction of the same was not accounted for either by the cable operator or Parab in their books of account.
