New Delhi: Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal is expected to depose before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for questioning in the money laundering case filed against his family in connection with the Maharashtra Sadan scam.


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Speaking on the issue, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya told ANI that Bhujbal's questioning will bring everything out in the open, particularly about the money laundering and the corrupt practices


"In January 2012, I had taken the initiative to explore the corruption against Chhagan Bhujbal and his family. He will now have to tell ED that how he generated the money. Everything is going to come out in the open now about the money laundering and the corrupt practices," Somaiya added.


Last month, the ED questioned Chhagan's son Pankaj Bhujbal in the case and also seized Pankaj's passport to ensure he does not leave the country.


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on February 1 arrested Sameer Bhujbal, the nephew of Chhagan Bhujbal, in a money laundering case in Mumbai after the agency conducted multiple searches in connection with its probe against Bhujbals and others.


The Maharashtra ACB had earlier filed two FIRs against the Bhujbals and others under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to probe the Delhi-based Maharashtra Sadan construction scam and the Kalina land grabbing case.


Chhagan is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in several cases of money laundering.


Series of raids have been conducted at the properties owned by Bhujbal and his family across Maharashtra in the last one and a half years.


Investigating agencies are also looking into alleged corruption in the award of contracts during his tenure as Maharashtra's PWD minister.


With ANI inputs