CBI to grill Anil Deshmukh in Rs 100cr money laundering case
India | Mar 02, 2022, 08:26 AM ISTThe CBI had recently moved a plea before the special court requesting it to grant them permission to record Deshmukh's statements.
The CBI had recently moved a plea before the special court requesting it to grant them permission to record Deshmukh's statements.
Following Singh's appearance, the Justice K U Chandiwal Commission cancelled the bailable warrant issued against Param Bir Singh and asked him to deposit Rs 15,000 in the chief minister's relief fund.
The Supreme Court had on Monday termed the legal battle between former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh as "very disturbing" and stated that the former commissioner seems to show a lack of faith in the police.
The top court also granted protection from arrest to Singh in the cases lodged against him in Maharashtra, and directed him to join the investigation.
The anti-money laundering agency submitted an affidavit before the court designated to hear the cases of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) opposing the pre-arrest bail plea filed by Hrishikesh Deshmukh.
The ED's case is that Anil Deshmukh, while serving as Maharashtra's Home minister, misused his official position and through dismissed police officer Sachin Waze collected Rs 4.70 crore from various bars and restaurants in Mumbai.
The former Maharashtra Home Minister was arrested on Nov 1, after over 12 hrs of questioning.
A special holiday court on November 6 had sent Anil Deshmukh to judicial custody after rejecting the ED's plea seeking extension of his remand.
Anil Deshmukh's counsel Vikram Chaudhri and advocate Aniket Nikam told court that while they were opposing the plea on merits and maintainability, the NCP leader has consented and volunteered to be interrogated by ED.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the case, sought his remand for nine more days, but the court refused the probe agency's plea and sent him to judicial custody.
The revelations came two days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) - based on a CBI FIR arising out of Param Bir Singh's allegations - questioned and later arrested Deshmukh, who is now in the agency's custody till November 6.
Deshmukh appeared before the agency after the Bombay High Court last week refused to quash ED summonses against him. He had skipped at least five ED notices.
Deshmukh had skipped at least four summons issued by the ED in the case but after the Bombay High Court last week refused to quash these summons, he appeared before the agency.
The CBI took into custody Jagtap, an alleged middleman, from Maharashtra's Thane in the morning, officials said, adding that the accused was evading the probe even after the issuance of non-bailable warrants against him last month.
The agency had started a PE on the orders of the Bombay High Court which had issued the directions while hearing a public interest litigation on allegations of corruption against Deshmukh.
Though the agency remained tight-lipped, officials said the senior officers have been asked to respond to some queries related to the probe.
The IT action covers educational institutions run or managed by the ex-minister or his family members or their close associates, certain offices, and residential premises.
Sanjeev Palande was arrested on June 26 this year and is being investigated under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
On September 8, a Special CBI court here had rejected Daga's bail application, saying that the investigation was still inconclusive.
The woman also told the NIA that she was not aware of the source of Rs 1.25 crore that was credited to the current account of a firm, of which she was made a director by Waze.
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