Mumbai : Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and 13 others have been charged in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate, ED, for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh housing scam.

Senior counsel R V Desai told the Bombay High Court today that an Enforcement Case Information Report, ECIR, has been registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against 14 persons. The ECIR states that the accused persons got clearances to construct Adarsh illegally and obtained flats at a very low price compared to market value. The accused projected tainted property as untainted.

A division bench of Justices S A Bobade and Mridula Bhatkar were hearing a bunch of petitions filed by social activists Pravin Wategaonkar and Simpreet Singh seeking ED to register case and for High Court to supervise the investigations of CBI and ED.