The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh to appear before it on Saturday for questioning in a money laundering case related to charges of bribery of Rs 100 crore, officials said. They said the 71-year-old NCP politician has been asked to depose before the investigating officer of the case at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Ballard Estate area here. The summons have been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and state that he should depose by 11 am, they said. The central agency had Friday night arrested his personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde after it carried out raids against them and Deshmukh in Mumbai and Nagpur.
The Enforcement Directorate summoned Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case on Saturday. His personal assistant and personal secretary have been arrested.
Read more about Deshmukh seeks fresh date for appearance before ED in money laundering case on Business Standard. The money laundering case is related to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket that led to his resignation in April, officials said
ED conducts searches at Anil Deshmukh s residence in Nagpur, Mumbai in money laundering case
ED conducts searches at Anil Deshmukh s residence in Nagpur, Mumbai in money laundering case
The ED, probing the alleged money laundering case against Anil Deshmukh, searched the former Maharashtra home minister s Nagpur residence and four other locations on Friday.
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The ED searched Anil Deshmukh s Nagpur residence on Friday. (Image: Anil Deshmukh/Facebook)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) early Friday searched former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh s residence in Nagpur and four other locations in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case. These include Deshmukh s two residences in Mumbai s Malabar Hill and Worli.