Praful Patel under ED scanner over Mumbai's 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 2007 property deal involving Patel, late Iqbal Mirchi and a real estate firm Millennium Developer. The property, popularly known as Ceejay House, is located in the city's upmarket Worli area.

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

Confirming the development, an ED official said that the 15-storey commercial building was a joint venture between Mirchi and Millennium Developer in 2006-07. The