Former aviation minister Praful Patel under ED lens over Ceejay House deal

Probe agency is examining several posh properties linked with Mirchi in the case

Former aviation minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel has come under the Enforcement Directorate (ED) scanner over a property agreement of 2007 involving Patel, late Iqbal Mirchi and a real estate firm Millennium Developer. The property is at a prime location in Worli and popularly known as Ceejay House.

Memon Iqbal Mohammed alias Iqbal Mirchi was wanted by the police in a dozen cases of murder, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, extortion and drug trafficking in Mumbai.

Confirming the development, an ED official said that the 15-storey commercial building was a joint venture between Mirchi and Millennium Developer in