MUMBAI, July 19 -- A special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court on Friday added the names of NCP(SP) leader Rohit Pawar, his firm Baramati Agro Limited and Rajendra Ingawale as accused in the money laundering case pertaining to the auction and sale of Kannad Sahakari Sugar Karkhana (SSK) by the Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC) Bank. All the three accused were recently named in the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special judge SR Navander on Friday issued process against the three accused, and also issued summons to Pawar and Ingawale, asking them to remain present before the court on August 21. The judge further directed the ED to serve the summons to the newly added accused persons. The ED's money laundering investigation was based on an FIR registered with the MRA Marg police on August 26, 2019, and investigated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police, on orders passed by the Bombay High Court on a public interest litigation (PIL). The PIL was filed by an activist, Surinder Mohan Arora, alleging that politicians on the board of MSC Bank had sold mortgaged cooperative sugar mills and cotton mills to relatives and friends at throwaway prices. While investigating the case, the ED found illegalities in the auction of Kannad SSK, located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The ED, in its supplementary charge sheet, stated that MSC Bank had decided to auction Kannad SSK in January 2012, fixing its reserve price at Rs.51.06 crore. The court said that Baramati Agro Ltd and Hi-Tech Engineering Corporation had colluded to acquire the factory at a suppressed price. "Accused Rohit Pawar, director of Baramati Agro Ltd, and accused Rajendra Ingawale, director of Hi-Tech Engineering Corporation, are prima facie found to have knowingly participated in this fraudulent acquisition," it added....