Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Anil Parab booked in Dapoli resort fraud

Former Maharashtra minister and Uddhav faction's Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab has been booked in a case of cheating related to the Dapoli resort fraud case

PGurus Newsdesk

November 8, 2022

Former Maharashtra minister and Uddhav faction's Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab has been booked in a case of cheating related to the Dapoli resort fraud case

Cheating case filed against Uddhav Thackeray-faction Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab

A case of cheating has been registered against Shiv Sena leader of Uddhav Thackray faction and former state minister Anil Parab, in connection with the Dapoli resort fraud case. A case has been registered under IPC sections 420 and 34 against Anil Parab and investigations are underway.

Parab was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to Sai resort in Dapoli. ED’s action was based on the report pertaining to the Income Tax’s search operation on a Mumbai-based cable operator. In March 2022, the IT department carried out searches on a cable operator in Mumbai, a transport department employee, and the businesses connected to him.

Investigations revealed that a piece of land in Dapoli, Maharashtra was bought in 2017 by state minister Anil Parab for Rs.1 crore from a Pune resident named Vibhas Sathe. However, the registration of the said purchase was done only in 2019. The Minister later sold the land to cable operators for Rs.1.10 crore in 2020.

During the probe, it was found that the construction of the resort had commenced in 2017, and more than Rs.6 crore was spent in cash for the construction of the resort. It is pertinent to note that the cost of construction of the same has not been accounted for either by the cable operator or Parab in their books of account.

Earlier, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya had informed that Dapoli Police agreed to consider his complaint and evidence against the “unauthorized Resort of Anil Parab and Group.” In 2021, Kirit Somaiya filed a complaint against Parab with the then-Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar, charging him of illegitimately building a resort in Ratnagiri while the COVID-19 lockdown was in effect. According to allegations, Parab is involved in forgery, fraud, and money restrictions.

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