Former minister and NCP MLA Hasan Mushriff (Express file photo by Ganesh Shirsekar) Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials Saturday conducted searches at the residence and office of former minister and NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif in Kolhapur. The development came a day after the Bombay High Court ordered a judicial inquiry to find out how BJP leader Kirit Somaiya procured a copy of the order passed by the judicial magistrate issuing process (initiating proceedings) against the accused in a cheating case where Mushrif is allegedly involved, despite Somaiya not being party to the said proceedings.
While the search operations as currently underway, a large number of Mushrif’s supporters have gathered outside his office to show their support for the leader.
Mushrif had on March 4 approached the Bombay High Court seeking the quashing of an FIR registered against him in Kolhapur on charges of cheating, stating that there was a “deliberate attempt” to take action against him in ED cases.
The NCP leader has been under the ED’s scanner in an alleged corruption case related to a sugar mill since January.