{
  "id": 11009333,
  "title": "ED’s T-1 Probe Tracks Land Deals, Government Contracts In Maratha Agitation-Linked Financial Trail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/eds-t-1-probe-tracks-land-deals-government-contracts-in-maratha",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T18:36:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/eds-t-1-probe-tracks-land-deals-government-contracts-in-maratha-agitation-linked-financial-trail"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a T-1 intelligence investigation into the financial affairs of Maratha leaders involved in the community's reservation agitation and associates of activist Manoj Jarange Patil. Allegations of disproportionate assets and benami properties worth around Rs 200 crore were made by Jarange's former colleague Ajay Baraskar and other opposition leaders. The investigation focuses on transactions that occurred after the Maratha reservation agitation gained momentum in 2023. The ED is probing land purchases, government contracts, election-related financial transactions, and potential links to sand-smuggling and transport activities.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 30, 2026: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has opened a T-1 intelligence investigation into the financial affairs of Maratha leaders linked to the community’s reservation agitation and close associates of activist Manoj Jarange Patil. The move follows allegations of disproportionate assets, benami properties and financial transactions worth around Rs 200 crore levelled by…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}