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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): Mumbai's Colaba police station recorded statements of senior NCP leader Eknath Khadse and Khadse's personal assistant in the phone tapping case for about two hours In this case, Colaba Police has interrogated Rashmi Shukla twice, calling her to the police station.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 19 (ANI): A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mumbai rejected the bail plea of Girish Choudhary, son-in-law of NCP leader Eknath Khadse on Friday in connection with Pune's Bhosari land scam matter.

Mumbai Dec 19 PTI Maharashtra minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Gulabrao Patil kicked up a controversy by comparing the roads in his constituency in Jalgaon district to actor Hema Malinis cheeks but later apologised for the remark as the state womens commission strongly objected to it The video of his remarks which he had made on Saturday while addressing an election meeting for the Bodwad Nagar Panchayat polls in his district in north Maharashtra has gone viral on social media During the speech Patil asked his opponents to visit his constituency to see how good the quality of roads there is Those who have been MLAs for 30 years should come to my constituency and see the roads If they are not like Hema Malinis cheeks then I will resign the water supply and sanitation minister said apparently targeting former BJP leader Eknath Khadse who was an MLA from Jalgaon for several years However Rupali Chakankar the chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women objected to the remarks and warned the minister of legal action if he did not tender a public apology The commission has taken note of the comment If the minister doesnt tender an apology he will have to face legal action Chakankar said in a video statement on Sunday Hours after her warning Patil apologised for his statement Talking to reporters in Dhule the minister said I didnt mean to hurt anybody I apologise for the comments I belong to the Shiv Sena which idolises Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Party founder Balasaheb Thackeray has taught us to respect women PTI MR NP NP

Mumbai Dec 19 PTI Maharashtra minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Gulabrao Patil has kicked up a controversy by comparing the roads in his constituency in Jalgaon district to actor Hema Malinis cheeks prompting the state womens commission to demand an apology from him The video of Patils remarks which he made recently while addressing an election meeting for the Bodhwad Nagar Panchayat polls in the district has gone viral on social media During the speech Patil asked his opponents to visit his constituency to see how good the quality of roads there is Those who have been MLAs for 30 years should come to my constituency and see the roads If they are not like Hema Malinis cheeks then I will resign the water supply and sanitation minister said apparently targeting former BJP leader Eknath Khadse who was an MLA from Jalgaon for several years However Rupali Chakankar the chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women took cognisance of the remarks and warned the minister of legal action if he did not tender a public apology The commission has taken note of the comment If the minister doesnt tender an apology he will have to face legal action Chakankar said in a video statement PTI MR NP NP

Mumbai Oct 21 PTI The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest for one week to NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse in a money laundering case pertaining to a 2016 Pune land deal matter A single bench of Justice N W Sambre directed Khadse to approach the special PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act court to seek regular bail The court was hearing an application filed by Khadse seeking pre-arrest bail in the case Khadses counsel Shirish Gupte argued that a charge sheet in the case has already been filed and he was never arrested during the investigation into the case Earlier this month the special court summoned Khadse to appear before it after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate ED in the case Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh appearing for the ED on Thursday argued that Khadse will have to approach the special court for regular bail Justice Sambre said The applicant shall file for regular bail or seek interim bail before the special court in one week from today The special court shall not take the applicant in custody for one week and shall decide the bail plea expeditiously Besides Khadse his wife Mandakini and their son-in-law Girish Chaudhary are also named as accused in the case Chaudhary was arrested in the case a few months back and is currently in judicial custody The ED has alleged that Chaudhary and Khadse had purchased a government land in Bhosari near Pune for Rs 375 crore when its actual cost was Rs 3101 crore The prosecutions case is that Khadse allegedly misused his official position as state revenue minister at that time to facilitate the transaction In June 2016 Khadse resigned as revenue minister of the then BJP-led state government following controversy over the purchase of land He quit the BJP in October last year and later joined the NCP PTI SP GK GK

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI): Lawyer of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse's wife Mandakini Khadse on Tuesday assured full cooperation with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for probe into the Pune land case.

New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 5.73 crore belonging to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse, his wife Mandakini Khadse, his son-in-law Girish Chaudhari and others in a case of criminal misconduct by a public servant.

New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse and others worth more than Rs 5 crores in connection with a money laundering case.