New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said it has arrested Shivshankar Mayekar in connection with a land scam case involving Yeshwant Sawant and others.
He was produced before a special PMLA Court during the day, which granted ED custodial remand till October 10.
The ED initiated an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on an FIR registered by the Goa Police against Yeshwant Sawant and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly defrauding the Comunidade of Anjuna of land located at Survey No. 496/1-A, Anjuna.
The accused reportedly produced fake documents to get the land mutated in their names, after which parts of it were sold to other individuals, g...