Raj Thackeray gets support from Uddhav Thackeray over ED summon

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday lent his support to his cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS chief Raj Thackeray in connection with a case pertaining to alleged irregularities related to Infrastructure Leasing amp Financial Services ILampFS loan in Kohinoor Mills land deal caseThe MNS chief agreed to appear before the ED in connection with the money laundering case on Thursday and alsoissued a statement to the party leaders and workers asking them to exercise restraint and maintain peaceWhile speaking to the media persons at his residence in Kalanagar Bandra East Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray expressed indirect backing to his cousin Raj Thackeray and said that nothing would emerge from his Rajs interrogation by the EDWhile reacting to MNS spokesperson Sandip Deshpande who had termed the ED move as vendetta Uddhav said that all the people in the state are aware that there is nothing to the case and Raj Thackeray will be unscathed from itUddhav Thackerays comments came when he was welcoming Congress legislator Nirmala Gavit from Igatpuri to join the Shiv Sena party Before Raj Thackerays appeal came the MNS who had proposed a bandh withdrew the protest which they had proposed in the neighbouring Thane district on ThursdayOn Tuesday Raj Thackeray took to the microblogging site Twitter in order to appeal to his workers to not protest over the issue and not gather near the ED office Thackeray who was summoned by the ED for investigation has now got support from his estranged cousin and ruling ally Shiv Sena President Uddhav ThackerayPublic Announcement pictwittercomIMiE9LNHPEmdash Raj Thackeray RajThackeray August 20 2019The ED officials grilled his former partner in the real estate venture and son of exCM Manohar Joshi for eight hours on MondayMaharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS President RajThackeray who has been summoned by the EnforcementDirectorate ED on August 22 for investigation secured support from an unexpected quarter his estranged cousin and ruling ally ShivSena President UddhavThackeray pictwittercomDvkNF0bMnrmdash IANS Tweets ians_india August 21 2019Also ReadMumbai Maharashtra Navnirman Sena withdraws shutdown callAfter the ED had summoned MNS Chief Raj Thackeray Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had warned the MNS party workers of taking strict action if they take the law into their hands Besides Raj Thackeray former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshis son and realty developer Unmesh Joshi was also summoned by the ED in the money laundering case On Monday he appeared before the Enforcement Directorate ED and was grilled by the agency for over eight hours on Monday followed by a second round on TuesdayUnmesh Joshi son of Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi in Mumbai I received a notice amp I have come to meet Enforcement Directorate ED officers today No questionnaire was sent to me by ED Ill cooperate with them It must be about Kohinoor Kohinoor building case pictwittercomx3pKJF9YlZmdash ANI ANI August 19 2019After his interrogation Joshi that the agency had not sent any questionnaire to him and he has assured cooperation in the investigation The agency is conducting an investigation into the alleged irregularities in ILampFS Groups loan defaulter case in Kohinoor CTNL The Kohinoor CTNL is the realty company which is developing Kohinoor Square tower in Dadar West which is located opposite Shiv Sena BhavanAlso ReadManohar Joshis son Unmesh appears before Enforcement Directorate in ILampFS caseUnmesh Joshis realty company and their investments were already under a scanner as it is among the prominent defaulters of ILampFS which is estimated to be around Rs 135 crore The realty company was launched over a decade ago by Unmesh Joshi and Raj Thackeray and one of their associate The realty company was in the process to buy the defunct Kohinoor Mills No 3 for a whopping Rs 421 crore and the ILampFS company had already pumped in Rs 225 croreBut all of a sudden the ILampFS reportedly backed off from the deal and surrendered its shares for only Rs 90 crores Eventually Raj Thackeray who is one of the partners also left the project after selling off his shares Apparently Unmesh Joshis Kohinoor Group which was founded by his father and former Chief Minister Manohar Joshi was earlier controlled by the Kohinoor CTNL and is at present under the control of a Prabhadevibased companyWith inputs from IANS and ANICatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates