MNS chief Raj Thackeray was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for eight hours and 45 minutes on Thursday in connection with the mill land probe. Thackeray reached the ED office at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai at 11.40 am, accompanied by his wife Sharmila, son Amit and daughter Urvashi along with MNS leader Bala Nandgaonkar. Unmesh Joshi, son of Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi and the MNS chief's aide, Rajan Shirodkar, have been questioned by the ED in the case earlier.

His family was seen waiting at the ED office for more than eight hours until the MNS chief came out. Thackeray was questioned regarding exiting the Kohinoor CTNL group in 2008 and making huge profits from it while the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) suffered heavy losses and surrendered it's share. While Thackeray answered some questions, some remained unanswered. The ED has asked him to remain present whenever required for investigation.