<p>In what compounds trouble for former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray’s confidante Sanjay Raut, one of the latter’s close friends has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate vis-a-vis the alleged irregularities involving the setting up of jumbo Covid-19 treatment facilities in Mumbai. </p>.<p>The ED on Wednesday night arrested Raut’s friend Sujit Patkar, who is a businessman and Dr Kishore Bisure, who had been the Dean of the Covid-19 field hospital at Dahisar in the western suburbs of Mumbai. </p>.<p>The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) awarded the contract to Lifeline Hospital Management Services (LHMS) linked to Patkar.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/covid-19-centres-scam-ias-officer-sanjeev-jaiswal-appears-before-enforcement-directorate-1232628.html">Covid-19 centres ‘scam’: IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal appears before Enforcement Directorate</a></strong></p>.<p>These are the first arrests in the case involving a probe into the money-laundering aspect of the alleged scam. </p>.<p>The ED last month conducted raids at over a dozen locations in Mumbai in connection with the money laundering case against Patkar and others.</p>.<p>The raids were conducted at locations of some officials IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal who is currently the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and previously Additional Municipal Commissioner of BMC and Suraj Chavan, a core committee member of the Yuva Sena, who is a close associate of Aaditya Thackeray.</p>.<p>In January, the ED had recorded the statement of BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.</p>
<p>In what compounds trouble for former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray’s confidante Sanjay Raut, one of the latter’s close friends has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate vis-a-vis the alleged irregularities involving the setting up of jumbo Covid-19 treatment facilities in Mumbai. </p>.<p>The ED on Wednesday night arrested Raut’s friend Sujit Patkar, who is a businessman and Dr Kishore Bisure, who had been the Dean of the Covid-19 field hospital at Dahisar in the western suburbs of Mumbai. </p>.<p>The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) awarded the contract to Lifeline Hospital Management Services (LHMS) linked to Patkar.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/covid-19-centres-scam-ias-officer-sanjeev-jaiswal-appears-before-enforcement-directorate-1232628.html">Covid-19 centres ‘scam’: IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal appears before Enforcement Directorate</a></strong></p>.<p>These are the first arrests in the case involving a probe into the money-laundering aspect of the alleged scam. </p>.<p>The ED last month conducted raids at over a dozen locations in Mumbai in connection with the money laundering case against Patkar and others.</p>.<p>The raids were conducted at locations of some officials IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal who is currently the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and previously Additional Municipal Commissioner of BMC and Suraj Chavan, a core committee member of the Yuva Sena, who is a close associate of Aaditya Thackeray.</p>.<p>In January, the ED had recorded the statement of BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.</p>
