ED files money laundering case against ex-Maharashtra Minister Anil Deshmukh

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and different unknown individuals, based mostly on a probe just lately initiated by the CBI into allegations of corruption against him, based on a senior company official.

The CBI had registered the case on April 21, following which it carried out searches at numerous locations linked to Mr. Deshmukh in Mumbai and Nagpur. The case was instituted based mostly on the findings of a preliminary enquiry launched on the instructions of the Bombay High Court on April 5.

The First Information Report (FIR) alleged an try and get undue benefit for improper and dishonest efficiency of public obligation. As alleged, sure cops had been requested to gather ₹100 crore each month from bars and eating places in Mumbai.

While the CBI is pursuing the prison angle, the ED can be unearthing the monetary path, if any.

The CBI, within the FIR, has talked about that its enquiry additionally revealed that now suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze was reinstated into the police pressure after being out of service for over 15 years. He was then given many of the necessary circumstances of the Mumbai Police. The then Home Minister was additionally within the know of those info, as alleged.

It was additionally alleged that the then Home Minister and others had exercised undue affect over the switch and posting of officers, thus impacting the efficiency of their official duties.

During the enquiry, the CBI had examined Mr. Deshmukh, his two staffers, former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police Sanjay Patil and Mr. Vaze. The assertion of Jayshree Patil, a petitioner within the matter, was additionally recorded.