Maha govt to probe Mahadev app owners’ links with Dawood’s brother, Edelweiss group and Mumbai builder
On Thursday, the Maharashtra government formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the involvement of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, Mustakim, in the Mahadev App case.
Replying to a ‘Calling Attention Motion’ raised by Ashish Shelar (BJP) in the state assembly, Shelar alleged that an FIR against the App was registered on November 7 for defrauding the small banks to the tune of crores of rupees and the 28 percent government service tax was also not paid.
Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, Mustakim, and Amit Sharma — business partner — of Dawood Ibrahim are accused of pumping finances into J.P Infrastructure, a building construction firm of Vijay Jain. Amit Sharma and Jain are partners in a building project J.P Dek in Dindoshi which was funded by Ramesh Shah and Edelweiss Company.
The Edelweiss Company has said that the company has no financial relationships with J.P Infra Mumbai, and J.P Infra India Pvt. Ltd and has not financed projects like J.P Deck in Goregaon neither anywhere else as alleged.
“We state categorically that these claims are unfounded, baseless, and seem motivated. Edelweiss has always conducted its business with the highest levels of integrity and in full compliance with all regulatory requirements,” the company in a press release said.
Meanwhile, while making a detailed statement in the Lower House, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Mahadev App was registered in South America, Venezuela through the Telegram social media platform.
“The government is regulating the App and contemplating a dynamic platform of all financial institutions and banks which will detect the fraud immediately,” Fadnavis said.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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