The Enforcement Directorate has raided the residences of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur and Worli on Friday morning. A case of money laundering was registered against Anil Deshmukh in connection with the extortion case of 100 crores of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. For which the ED is continuously interrogating him.
It is worth noting that former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh wrote a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray accusing former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh of extortion of 100 crores. It was told in this letter that Anil Deshmukh had asked Sachin Waje to collect 100 crores per month. A money laundering case was registered against Anil Deshmukh on this allegation. Enforcement Directorate has raided Anil Deshmukh’s residence in the past on charges of money laundering. Earlier on May 25, his residence was also raided by ED.
The raids were also conducted at Deshmukh’s residences in Nagpur and Mumbai under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said. The central probe agency had last month registered a criminal case against 71-year-old Deshmukh and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after going through a CBI FIR.
The CBI had conducted a preliminary inquiry after filing the case on the orders of the Bombay High Court following which the ED registered the case. The High Court had asked the CBI to probe the bribery allegations leveled against Deshmukh by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh.
