Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- A special PMLA court here today remanded former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar, suspended deputy director of town planning YS Reddy, builder Sitaram Gupta and his nephew Arun Gupta, to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till Aug 20 for their involvement in converting land meant for public use into private real estate.
The case was linked to the illegal construction of 41 buildings on 60 acres of government and private land reserved for public utilities in neighbouring Palghar district.
All of them were arrested yesterday by ED and were produced under heavy police protection in the court this afternoon.
They were earlier summoned to the central agency office in Mumbai for a join...