Nationalist Congress Party workers stage a protest outside Enforcement Directorate office in Mumbai's Ballard Estate. The protest comes ahead of party leader Jayant Patil's questioning in IL&FS scam case. Patil will be appearing before the probe agency at 11 am today.
Jayant Patil had asked the party workers to not come to Mumbai and protest; in his tweet he had also stated that he will cooperate with ED in their probe.
Reportedly, the police have barricaded the NCP office ahead of Patil's questioning.
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Background of the IL&FS money laundering case
IL&FS filed for bankruptcy in 2018. The money laundering probe into alleged financial irregularities at IL&FS was launched by the ED in 2019 after the federal agency took cognizance of a Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) FIR filed against IRL, ITNL (group companies of IL&FS), its officials, and others.
The ED also took cognizance of a complaint filed by the SFIO against IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN) and its officials. The agency had previously attached assets of various entities in this case.
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