ED raids continue at Shiv Sena leader Khotkar’s office in Jalna on day 2

Jalna, Nov 27 (UNI) Searches by the Enforcement Directorate at the office of former minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Arjun Khotkar continued for the second consecutive day on Saturday.
The ED team, comprising 16 members, on Friday raided three premises of Khotkar, including his residence at Bhajyanagar and his office at APMC. He is chairman of Jalna APMC.
They also raided his brother Sanjay Khotkar’s office.
The search operations went on till late last night and the team also grilled Khotkar.
The ED team on Saturday morning again carried out searches at Jalna APMC office, however, there was no official information available in this regard.
During the raids, a number of local Shiv Sainiks gathered to express their support to Khotkar.
The ED raids followed allegations levelled by senior BJP leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya, accusing Khotkar of committing a scam worth Rs 100 crore with the help of Ramnagar sugar mills in the district.