Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Enforcement Directorate released Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik's son Vihang after five hours of interrogation.
Vihang was brought to the ED's office in Mumbai for questioning following raids at premises which the central agency linked to his father in connection with a money laundering case on Tuesday.
The searches were conducted by the central agency at 10 locations linked to Sarnaik in Thane and Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED officials picked up Sarnaik's son from his residence and reached the probe agency's office at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai around 3.15 pm, an official said.
CRPF personnel were seen assisting ED sleuths during the operation that was launched early morning.
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Sarnaik, 56, represents the Oval-Majiwada constituency of Thane in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was in the news when he wrote a letter seeking re-opening of an alleged abetment to a suicide case of 2018 in which Republic TV's editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was arrested by Mumbai Police recently.
Sarnaik had also demanded a unanimous resolution in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for legal action against actress Kangana Ranaut, who, he said, has "maligned" the image of Maharashtra and Mumbai through her tweets.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut called the raids a "political vendetta" and said the Maharashtra government or its leaders will not surrender to pressure from anyone.
