The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday registered a money laundering case against ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.
The ED case comes after the CBI first carried out a preliminary inquiry, followed by filing a regular case, on the orders of the Bombay High Court.
The case registered under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been filed reportedly after studying a recent CBI FIR.
In his letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had alleged that Deshmukh had indulged in “malpractices” and asked to suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze to collect ₹100 crores every month.
Waze was arrested in March in connection with the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the case of recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near Mukesh Ambani’s house in Mumbai and the subsequent murder of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran.
Deshmukh had resigned from his post after the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to initiate an enquiry within 15 days into allegations levelled against him by Singh.
Deshmukh recently moved the high court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him.
Surjitt Sahani
