India, July 27 -- Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and his son, Shrikant, a member of parliament, have hit back at Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, for alleging they have links with Amit Salunkhe, arrested in a liquor scam in Jharkhand. Raut has demanded an investigation into the alleged connection.

Salunkhe is also the director of Sumeet Facilities Ltd, which operates the ambulance network via the emergency 108 number across the state. According to Raut, Salunkhe bagged several contracts in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) when Eknath Shinde was chief minister in the previous Mahayuti government, implying lack of transparency in these contracts.

The father-son duo retaliated, saying Raut was himself linked to various scams and da...