Money laundering case: Judicial custody for Nagpur-based lawyer Satish Uke, brother

MUMBAI: A special

PMLA

court in Mumbai on Tuesday sent Nagpur-based lawyer

Satish Uke

and his brother Pradeep to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case. The Uke brothers were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the

Prevention of Money Laundering Act

(PMLA) on March 31.

The brothers were produced before special judge M G Deshpande at the end of their remand on Tuesday, and were sent to jail custody, as no further remand was sought by the probe agency. The ED has claimed that the money laundering case against the brothers is related to the purchase of about 1.5 acre land in Nagpur sometime ago and the documents used for the land purchase were allegedly forged. The land that was purchased was in the name of the brothers, the probe agency has claimed. Uke has filed several petitions against BJP leaders.