Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after he was questioned for over 12 hours in a money laundering case. He will be produced before the court on Tuesday where the ED will seek his custodial remand.
Deshmukh, 72, had gone to the ED office on Monday afternoon for probe into the allegations of Rs 100 crore extortion levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh.
He will be produced before court. We’ll oppose the remand before the court,” said Anil Deshmukh’s lawyer Inderpal Singh.
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“Today, I have presented myself before the Enforcement Directorate. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh made false allegations against me. Where is he today? As per media reports, he has left the country,” Deshmukh had said in a self-made video.
Earlier on Friday, Bombay High Court rejected former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s petition challenging the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons for him to appear before the agency.
Deshmukh, a senior Nationalist Congress Party leader, had said he was appearing before the ED voluntarily as he respected the law, and the arrest came on expected lines.
(With inputs from ANI)
