HC grants bail to Shiv Sena MP Bhavana Gawali’s affiliate in cash laundering case

By PTI

MUMBAI:  The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Saeed Khan, an affiliate of Shiv Sena MP Bhavana Gawali, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a cash laundering case final 12 months.

A single bench of Justice Anuja Prabhudessai on July 1 granted bail to Khan on a private bond of Rs one lakh.

Khan, accused of siphoning funds from a belief known as ‘Mahila Utkarsh Pratishthan’, was arrested by the ED in September 2021.

The court docket stated it will give an in depth order later.

Gawali, the Lok Sabha member from Yavatmal-Washim constituency in Maharashtra, can also be an accused within the case and has appeared earlier than the ED thrice to report her assertion.

The ED has alleged that Khan and Gawali criminally conspired to transform a belief into a personal firm by “forgery and fraud” for layering of funds price round Rs 18 crore.