Updated On: 04 November, 2023 09:25 PM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
MLC Bhosale was apprehended by the ED in March 2021 and is currently in judicial custody

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Worli police have booked an unidentified individual for impersonating an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer and demanding Rs 15 crore from MLC Anil Bhosale's wife. MLC Bhosale was apprehended by the ED in March 2021 and is currently in judicial custody. The unidentified individual made WhatsApp calls and sent pictures of documents and an ID card while posing as an ED officer. Reshma Bhosale, the wife of MLC Bhosale, promptly informed the ED office about the incident. An official from the ED has registered a complaint against the unknown perpetrator.
Anil Bhosale, an NCP MLC from Pune, was booked by the ED on charges of embezzling an alleged Rs 494 crore from the Shivajirao Bhosale Co-operative Bank. He was arrested by ED in March 2021 and is currently in judicial custody. Despite repeated attempts, his bail requests have been consistently denied by the Special Court. On October 23, Reshma Bhosale received messages from an unknown number, containing documents with a letterhead resembling that of the ED and an ID card. Subsequently, she received a WhatsApp call from another unidentified number.