The Enforcement Agency (ED) told a special holiday court in Mumbai on Tuesday that Anil Deshmukh, the former Minister of the Interior of Maharashtra, was the “primary beneficiary” of the proceeds of crime and was directly involved He was arrested for money laundering. The central agency stated in its notice of remand that the NCP leader was sent to ED for supervision until November 6. In this case, it has become an “important gear on the wheels”.
There are accusations of charging 100 rupee crore. The involvement of foreign corners. According to the ED, from December 2020 to February 2021, Mr. Deshmukh received bribes of 470 crore from Sachin Waze, then assistant police inspector (later fired in another criminal case), who received bribes from bars and Restaurants blackmailed the same money across Mumbai. Mr. Deshmukh (71 years old) was arrested by the ED late on Monday night after 12 hours of interrogation, and appeared in court on Tuesday before the extra meeting judge P B Jadhav presiding over the Special Holiday Court.
The former minister skipped multiple subpoenas issued by ED in this case, but he appeared in court on Monday after the Mumbai High Court refused to revoke the subpoenas last week. In seeking 14 days of custody of Mr. Deshmukh, the agency stated that his detention interrogation was for the time needed for the ongoing investigation and that the entire fund trace was needed to bring the offender to justice.
However, the court remanded the former minister to the ED for remand until November 6, which means he will be detained during Diwali. The court allowed Mr. Deshmukh, who resigned from the state cabinet in April this year, to go home to buy food, and allowed his lawyers to remain present during the ED trial and to maintain an audible distance. “Anil Deshmukh has become an important cog on the wheel. Therefore, the investigation must interrogate the defendant in custody in order to reach a logical conclusion in the case.
The participation phase from a foreign perspective cannot be ruled out here,” said the financial investigation agency in its statement. Said in the detention notice. “The above-mentioned defendant (Mr. Deshmukh) played a very crucial role in the money laundering crime. He did not cooperate with the investigation. He did not provide the necessary information about the money laundering of criminal proceeds,” the agency said.
Therefore, it added that continuous interrogation in custody is needed to find traces of funds and to corroborate and confront other persons involved in the case.
News Source : NDTV
