Overview

• ED named 18 accused in a PMLA case, with a special court yet to take cognisance and several, including Pawar and Y S Reddy, in judicial custody.
• The attached properties span land parcels, flats, warehouses and farmhouses in Nashik, Thane and Malegaon, with roughly Rs 44 crore linked to Pawar.
• Investigators reported earlier recoveries that include about Rs 8.94 crore in cash, jewellery and bullion worth Rs 23.25 crore, and frozen financial assets of Rs 13.86 crore.
• The agency pegs total laundered funds in the matter at about Rs 300.92 crore and says money moved through family-linked firms and benamidars.
• ED describes fixed bribe rates for approvals and protection of unauthorized buildings, coded cash movements via a “postman,” and ties the case to 41 structures later demolished on court orders.