In recent developments, on Friday, January 22, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at five locations in the office premises of Directors of the Viva Group in Vasai -Virar, Palghar in connection with the PMC bank scam case.
The Viva Trust and its group companies are run and controlled by family members of Underworld don Bhai Thakur whose real name is Jayendra Thakur. According to reports, Thakur has a stronghold in several areas across Mumbai like Vasai-Virar. Moreover, he has been in prison several times due to allegations of smuggling, murder, land grab, and various other cases.
As per reports, Bhai Thakur was earlier booked under TADA and was said to be once an ally of global fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim. His brother Hitendra Thakur is the president of the party named Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA). Moreover, in the Maharashtra Assembly elections back in 2019, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi won all three of the seats it contested. The newly-elected MLA's are Rajesh Raghunath Patil, Kshitij Thakur, and Hitendra Thakur.
The Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank which was entwined in a huge scam involving collusion between the bank’s top officials and the Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd. (HDIL) was taken over by the RBI exactly a year back. After the RBI had taken over the bank it was revealed that the bank had massively violated the RBI norms of exposure. Ever since the PMC crisis, over nine lakh depositors, mostly people who are senior citizens have been unable to fend for themselves. Moreover, at least 50 people have died due to anxiety and stress-related issues.
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