Aaditya Thackeray’s close aide Suraj Chavan appears before Mumbai Police SIT probing irregularities in civic contracts

Suraj Chavan, a Shiv Sena (UBT) official, appeared before the Mumbai Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is conducting a probe into alleged irregularities in the Rs 1,2024 crore-worth work contracts of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), an official said.

Chavan, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray, appeared before the SIT members at the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) office in the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office compound in south Mumbai to record his statement, the official said.

Last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at 15 locations, including Chavan’s residence in suburban Chembur, in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the jumbo COVID-19 treatment centres in Mumbai.