Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai appeared before the Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Tuesday in connection with an alleged Rs 50 crore withdrawal from the party.

The investigation was initiated by a complaint lodged by a Shiv Sena functionary linked with the group of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The suit claims that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) took Rs 50 crore from the party budget notwithstanding the Election Commission's (EC) recognition of the Shinde faction as the legitimate Shiv Sena, reported PTI.