Nagpur. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the houses of well-known lawyer Satish Uke and his brother Pradeep Uke in Parvati Nagar in the early hours of Thursday. Later, the ED took Satish Uke into custody and took him for questioning.
An ED team along with CRPF and local police landed at his residence at around 5 am and launched a search operation.
He is famous for campaigning against Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis of Bharatiya Janata Party and filing at least two election petitions against him.
Earlier, he had represented Mohnish Jabalpur, an RTI activist who had filed two complaints with the ED in August-September 2019 against Fadnavis in favor of his wife Amrita who works for Axis Bank, a private sector entity. Inquiry was sought for various alleged acts in the
Among other things, Jabalpur had accused Fadnavis of misusing his position as the (then) chief minister to transfer salary accounts of various government departments from public sector banks to Axis Bank in order to favor his wife and Axis Bank. can be taken
Jabalpure said, “It has been almost 3 years now since my complaints, but ED has not taken any action in this matter though I have provided all the evidence to them.”
Earlier, in 2018, Uke had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking compensation for the family of CBI Judge BH Loya, who died in Nagpur on 1 December 2014.
Subsequently, Uke was arrested for some alleged crimes committed 17 years ago.
Last week, Uke was engaged in a defamation case of Rs 500 crore against IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in the sensational phone tapping case as the counsel for Congress state president Nana Patole.
However, it is not immediately clear for which particular case the central agency is probing Uke, though there is speculation on a property transaction that is reportedly under the ED scanner.
Shiv Sena’s chief spokesperson and MP Sanjay Raut condemned the ED raid on Uke’s house and said that since he is the state Congress chief’s lawyer, “it will not be a surprise if Patole is also raided”.
Raut reiterated how the Center and the BJP with the help of central investigative agencies are misusing the official machinery, especially in Maharashtra, in their efforts to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
—AnyTV News
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