Mumbai Apr 26 PTI Mumbai Police on Tuesday submitted a charge sheet against senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in an alleged phone tapping case before a court here an official saidThe over 700-page charge sheet contains statements of at least 20 persons including Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and NCP leader Eknath Khadse whose phones were allegedly tapped illegally when Shukla headed the State Intelligence Department the official saidA First Information Report was registered against Shukla under the Indian Telegraph Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at Colaba Police Station here on the complaint of Additional Commissioner of Police Special BranchAccording to the complaint the phones of Khadse who was then with the BJP were kept under surveillance for two monthsSimilarly Rauts phones were under illegal surveillance when talks were underway between the Shiv Sena and Congress-NCP for the formation of government in Maharashtra after the 2019 Assembly polls police claimedCurrently Shukla is on central deputation and posted as additional director general of the Central Reserve Police Force CRPF in Hyderabad PTI DC KRK KRK

Mumbai [Maharashtra], January 31 (ANI): A special PMLA court in Mumbai has completed its hearing on the bail plea of Girish Chaudhri, son-in-law of NCP leader Eknath Khadse.

Aurangabad Nov 24 PTI BJP MP Raksha Khadse on Wednesday alleged that crimes against women have gone up in the last two years under the watch of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government of Shiv Sena NCP and Congress Addressing reporters here Khadse who represents Raver Lok Sabha seat in north Maharashtra accused the state government of ignoring issues of women despite protests held by the Opposition The then home minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh had in 2019 announced that Shakti Act will be implemented to curb crimes against women but nothing happened after that The police department is reluctant to register and act upon the complaints of women alleged Khadse She said when BJP was in power in Maharashtra some incidents crimes against women had occurred but prompt action was also taken PTI AW NSK NSK

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