Sharad Pawar’s Nephew Questioned For 8 Hours In Bank Scam Case

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Rohit Pawar, who is NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s grand-nephew, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) yet again on Thursday in connection with a money laundering probe into the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam.

The 38-year-old Rohit, a first-term legislator from Karjat-Jamkhed in Ahmednagar had been earlier questioned by the agency for several hours barely a week ago on January 24.

The money laundering probe case, which is part of the larger MSCB case, pertains to the sale of the Kannad Sahakari sugar factory (SSK) to Rohit Pawar’s firm - Baramati Agro.