Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted a 341-page prosecution complaint (PC) against 18 individuals, including former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar, suspended deputy director of town planning Y.S. Reddy, builder Sitaram Gupta, his nephew Arun Gupta, and other builders, liaisoners, and middlemen, in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to the illegal construction of 41 buildings on 60 acres of government and private land reserved for public utilities. The special PMLA court is expected to take cognizance of the complaint soon.
According to the ED, a provisional attachment order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on assets worth Rs 71 crore belonging to Pawar and other implicated bu