The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against former Maharashtra MLA Vivekanand Shankar Patil and others in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of over Rs 512 crore in a Panvel-located cooperative bank, the agency said on Thursday.

The prosecution complaint or charge sheet has been filed before a special court in Mumbai that tries cases filed by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Patil (66), a four-time MLA, was arrested by the agency in this case in June. The ED case is based on an FIR registered against Patil and about 75 others in February last year by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Navi Mumbai Police that alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 512.54 crore in the Karnala Nagari Sahakari (cooperative) Bank that is headquartered in Panvel in the neighbouring Raigad district. Patil, who represented the Peasants and Workers Party in Maharashtra assembly, has been an ex-chairman of this bank.