The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday raided the premises of actor Dino Morea and some others in Maharashtra, besides some places in Kerala, as part of its probe into a money laundering case related to the Mithi river desilting “scam”. Official sources gave this information.
It is alleged that due to this scam, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has suffered a loss of Rs 65 crore.
On Friday, ED conducted raids at 15 places including Mumbai and Kerala, the premises searched included the residences of Bollywood actor Dino Morea, BMC assistant engineer Prashant Ramugade and several contractors.
Bollywood actor Dino Morea is in the news these days for his latest release multi-starrer film Housefull 5. Amidst all this, he is under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate in the Rs 65 crore money laundering probe related to the alleged Mithi River Distilling Scam.
Dino Morea has been interrogated by EOW twice in the case.
Let us tell you that actor Dino Morea, a close associate of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray, had been interrogated twice by the EOW. ED is now reviewing the financial documents and other materials seized during the raids to trace the flow of illegal money.
Let us tell you that this raid of ED has been conducted under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The action was taken after a case was registered by the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police.
