MVA govt likely to probe Navneet Rana's Rs 80 lakh loan from Yusuf Lakdawala

In an unexpected twist the mafia angle has emerged in the ongoing ruckus between the Independent MPMLA couple Navneet Kaur Rana and her husband Ravi Rana and the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentLate on Tuesday Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut had dropped a Twitter bomb claiming that the Amravati SC seat MP Navneet Rana had allegedly taken a loan of Rs 80 lakh from Yusuf Lakdawala alleged to be linked to the absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and nabbed by the Enforcement Directorate ED in a Rs 200 crore moneylaundering case a couple of years backWhen questioned Minister of State for Home Shambhuraj Desai said that the police would ascertain the matter and in case a complaint is registered they would investigate further and do the needfulA film financier realtor and businessman Lakdawala died while in custody at the Arthur Road Central Jail in September 2021Raking up the issue Raut also posted a purported extract of Navneet Ranas 2019 election affidavit which mentions the loan amount due to the late LakdawalaWhy has the ED not yet investigated this This is just one matter that has come to light there may be other such irregularities that will be exposed in the probe Raut saidHe also wondered whether there could be an underworld link to the ongoing political row over reciting Hanuman Chalisa as it a link was found during the March 1993 Mumbai serial blastsTerming it as an issue of national security Raut slammed the BJP for trying to shield Navneet Rana who was arrested on April 23 and is currently in custody along with her husband after they threatened to go and chant Hanuman Chalisa outside the private residence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in BandraThough they later abandoned the plan ostensibly in view of the Prime Ministers visit to Mumbai on Sunday April 24 they were arrested under various charges including sedition and are currently in judicial custody for 14 daysOn Wednesday Raut tweeted asking if Lakdawalas illegal money is now in Ranas account will the ED summon and serve tea to her why the DGang is being saved and why the BJP is keeping quietSenior Nationalist Congress Party leader and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal demanded that the Mumbai Police and ED should take immediate cognisance of the allegations against Navneet RanaThe ED took action against state minister Nawab Malik for transacting land worth Rs 5 lakh Now MP Sanjay Raut has posted documents that Navneet Rana had taken Rs 80 lakh from Lakdawala why should it not be investigated Bhujbal askedIt must be probed why the film actressturnedMP took the money through whom she approached Lakdawala and what was done with the loan amount he saidSena MoS Kishore Tiwari also joined the debate saying that Badnera MLA Ravi Rana is the nephew of Yoga guru RamdevHe has now invested crores of black money of his uncle Ramdev to buy lands and has become a landmafia This came out in his wife Navneet Ranas poll affidavit said Tiwari demanding a probe by ED and CBIBJP state President Chandrakant Patil distanced himself from the issue saying though Raut is trying to link his party BJP with Navneet Rana they had no connections as she was elected as an Independent MPThis 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