Maharashtra : Anil Deshmukh sent to ED custody till November 6, arrested in recovery case of 100 crores

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, accused in the 100 crore recovery case, will celebrate Diwali in ED custody. The special PMLA court has sent him to ED custody till November 6. Late in the night, Deshmukh was arrested after about 13 hours of interrogation.

The court has accepted Deshmukh’s plea to provide home-cooked food in custody and his lawyer to be with him during interrogation. They suddenly reached the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office at 11:55 am on Monday after going missing for several days.

Deshmukh reached ED’s office after five summons
Deshmukh was summoned by the ED for questioning 5 times, but every time his lawyer Inderpal Singh reached the ED office. His argument was that Deshmukh is 75 years old and he cannot appear due to the increasing cases of corona in Maharashtra. Deshmukh’s Diwali will now be celebrated in ED’s custody. The Enforcement Directorate had sought 14 days’ custody. In the Special PMLA Court, Judge PB Jadhav heard the arguments of both the sides for about three hours. On behalf of ED, ASG Anil Singh had opposed the bail. Senior advocate Vikram Chaudhary was appearing for Deshmukh. During the lengthy arguments, Choudhary had sought quashing of custody and bail.

Bombay High Court dismissed Deshmukh’s petition
Earlier, after 13 hours of interrogation, the ED found that none of the questions were answered satisfactorily by Deshmukh. ED Assistant Director Taseen Sultan and his team interrogated Deshmukh continuously. Now arrest of some more people is possible in this case. Last week, Deshmukh’s plea was dismissed by the Bombay High Court, seeking quashing of the ED’s summons.

ED is probing the money laundering angle in the 100 crore recovery case. Deshmukh along with his son Hrishikesh Deshmukh and wife were summoned twice for questioning, but they too did not reach the ED office. It is believed that after Deshmukh, his son and wife may also appear before the ED till today or tomorrow.

Anil Deshmukh has been arrested in this case
ED in its investigation found that Sachin Wajhe, while head of the Crime Intelligence Unit in Mumbai Police, had recovered Rs 4.70 crore from the Orchestra Bar in Mumbai from December 2020 to February 2021, which was later handed over to Anil Deshmukh through an assistant. had gone. The ED also came to know about Shri Sai Shikshan Sanstha, a charitable trust based in Nagpur. Deshmukh’s family is running this trust.

The ED claims that the trust has received donations of Rs 4.18 crore through a Delhi-based shell company. This trust was established by his son Hrishikesh Deshmukh. After this the same amount was transferred as donation to Sri Sai Educational Institution. Considering this as money laundering, ED has arrested Deshmukh.

Deshmukh issued a video message after the appearance
After appearing before the ED, a video has been posted on Deshmukh’s social media account. In this, Deshmukh said- Whenever the ED summoned, I have cooperated with them. I had already said that my petitions are pending in High Court and Supreme Court. After settlement of these I will come to ED office. Twice the CBI raided my place, in that too I fully cooperated.

Still my decision has not come in the Supreme Court, but I myself have come to the ED office. Parambir Singh made false allegations against me. Today the same Parambir Singh has fled abroad, such news is coming through the media. Many complaints have been registered against the same Parambir Singh in the police department.

The lawyer had said – the allegations were made to spread sensation
Earlier, in a letter sent through a lawyer, Deshmukh had cited the pending trial of his case in the Supreme Court. Anil Deshmukh, in his letter to the ED, had also accused the probe agency of misuse of power and authority. He had said that till now I have not been given the copy of ECIR or other documents from ED. From which it is clear that this summon has been sent only to create sensation in the media.

CBI is also investigating Deshmukh
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner of Police and current Home Guard DG Parambir Singh has accused Anil Deshmukh of extorting Rs 100 crore, for which Anil Deshmukh had to resign from the post of Home Minister of Maharashtra. In this case, the CBI had first registered a case against Deshmukh and then after getting information about the money trail in it, the entry of ED took place. ED has registered a money laundering case against him. CBI has also raided Deshmukh’s premises twice.

Deshmukh’s PA and PS have been arrested
Deshmukh’s PA Sanjeev Palande and PS Kundan Shinde were arrested in this case, both of whom are currently in the custody of the central agency. They are accused of helping Deshmukh in money laundering. Here, Deshmukh had written a letter to avoid ED’s questioning.

ED had seized two properties of Deshmukh
In the same case, 15 days ago, assets worth Rs 4.2 crore of Deshmukh and his family were attached. This includes a flat in Nagpur and a land in Panvel. Deshmukh’s PA Sanjeev Palande and PS Kundan Shinde were arrested in the same case. Both are currently in the custody of the central agency.

Investigation started after Parambir Singh’s allegation
This case is related to the allegations of recovery against Deshmukh. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh, in a letter to the state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about two and a half months ago, alleged that Anil Deshmukh had given a target of recovery of Rs 100 crore every month to suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vajhe.

Deshmukh’s middleman was arrested a day ago
The CBI had made the first arrest on Sunday in a related case. The Central Agency has nabbed the name Santosh Shankar Jagtap from Thane. He is currently in custody for four days. Jagtap is being described as the middleman of Anil Deshmukh.

A few days ago, the CBI had raided several places of Anil Deshmukh in connection with the leaking of some confidential documents. On September 2, the investigating agency had arrested Deshmukh’s lawyer Anand Daga and his own sub-inspector Abhishek Tiwari.