COVID-19 centres 'scam': IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal appears before ED

IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities over jumbo COVID centres set up by Mumbai civic body BMC during the pandemic an official saidThe Indian Administrative Service IAS officer was seen entering the ED office at Ballard Estate in South Mumbai around 1130 amThe agency which investigates offences of money laundering and violations of foreign exchange laws had on June 21 raided 15 places linked to some people including the IAS officerJaiswal had served as an additional commissioner in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMCED had recovered jewellery worth nearly Rs 24 crore Rs 68 lakh cash and propertyrelated documents during those raids said the officialJaiswal had been asked to appear before the ED to record his statement on Friday in connection with the case he saidJaiswal was summoned by the agency earlier too but he had not appeared before it he saidThe ED raids of last week were conducted in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case against businessman Sujit Patkar who is believed to be a close associate of Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay RautPatkar and his three partners have been accused of bagging BMC contracts fraudulently for managing COVID19 field hospitals during the pandemic an official had said earlierOn June 26 Shiv Sena UBT functionary Suraj Chavan was questioned by the agency for more than eight hours in connection with the case Chavan identifies himself as a secretary of the Shiv Sena led by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and a core committee member of the Yuva Sena its youth wing on his social media handleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever