In a massive development in Maharashtra politics, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) a credit card registered under the name of a Pakistani national from the premises of the Shiv Sena legislator. The Pakistani credit card is registered on the address of Pratap Sarnaik.
The Enforcement Directorate had last month raided with a huge posse of CRPF troopers raided the home and around nine other premises of senior Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik. The ED teams swooped on Sarnaik's house in Thane's Hiranandani Complex, when he was not present, besides certain other locations including a leading security services agency, and picked up Vihang Sarnaik. The raids were carried out reportedly in connection with a money laundering case involving Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik.
Ironically it was Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik who threatened to break the jaw of Kangana Ranaut after she compared the law and order situation with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Now, after this revelation, Kangana has launched fresh attacks on the top Shiv Sena leader. She wrote, "He had threatened to break my face when I had said Mumbai was feeling like POK. India recognise those who are staking everything for you and those who are taking everything from you. Where you place your faith their lies your future. India Pakistan na ban jaye sambhalo yaaron."
Going by the OPIndia report, back in the 1980s, Sarnaik drove an autorickshaw and was struggling to make ends meet. Now, Pratap Sarnaik, the chairman of Vihang Group Of Companies, a major player in the real estate industry in Thane region, represents Ovala-Majiwada in the state assembly