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PIL alleging Uddhav Thackeray holds disproportionate assets: Bombay High Court CJ Dipankar Datta recuses

The PIL filed by Bhide claimed that although Uddhav, his son Aditya, and wife Rashmi have never disclosed any service, profession or business as their official source of income; yet they had properties worth crores in Mumbai and Raigad districts.

It was stated that recent raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Maharashtra revealed that close aides of Uddhav, Aditya and Rashmi were closely interrogated and were under the radar of the agencies.

The petitioner further expressed astonishment at periodicals ‘Marmik’ and ‘Saamna’ – run by the Thackeray family – never being subjected to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) and claimed that during the lockdown, when print media in the country was facing heavy losses, the company ‘Prabodhan Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.’, practically owned by Thackeray family, showed a huge turnover of ₹42 crores and booked a profit of ₹11.5 crores.

In view of the above, she claimed that it was a clear case of turning black money to white.

She further stated that although she had filed a complaint with the Police Commissioner, Mumbai which was also forwarded to Economic Offences Wing (EOW), no action was taken and was she not informed about the status of her complaint either.

This prompted her to file the PIL, it was submitted.

The petition therefore sought directions to the State to take cognisance of the complaint filed with Mumbai Police and to the respondent agencies to submit status of investigation every month to the court.

Notably, Bhide in her PIL also stated that she had a hunch that BJP leader Kirit Somaiya or even CBI and ED must have huge information and links pertaining to Uddhav, Rashmi, Aditya and Tejas Thackeray.

Source: Barandbench

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