Mumbai: Special PMLA Court Issues Process Against Ashok Kharat, Wife And 4 Others In ₹17.70-Crore Money Laundering Case
Mumbai, September 9, 2026: The special PMLA court has issued process against Ashok Kharat and five other accused, including his wife, taking cognisance of the prosecution complaint filed by the ED in connection with money laundering to the tune of Rs 17.70 crore. The court said the repetition of the same modus across several FIRs indicates that the generation of proceeds of crime was systematic…
On September 9, 2026, the special PMLA court in Mumbai issued process against Ashok Kharat and four others in a case involving alleged money laundering worth Rs 17.70 crore. The prosecution complaint was filed by the ED in connection with the alleged scheme of corrupting public functionaries. The court noted that the same modus operandi was repeated across multiple FIRs, indicating a systematic and continuous generation of proceeds of crime.
Ashok Kharat, along with his wife Kalpana Kharat, Arvind Bawake, Namkaran Aware, Avinash Kandekar, and Milind Bankar, were accused of using religious and spiritual authority to extort money from people. ED alleged that Kharat, who posed as Krishna, opened special and benami accounts, used followers' documents for fraudulent KYC, facilitated fraudulent property transactions, and amassed assets totaling Rs 17.70 crore. The court ordered all the accused to appear before it by September 22.
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