Deshmukh asked me to collect money from bars gave instructions in high-profile cases Waze to ED
Mumbai Sep 16 PTI Dismissed police officer Sachin Waze has alleged in his statement to the Enforcement Directorate ED that former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh had asked him to collect money from bar and hotel owners and used to give instructions in high-profile investigationsEarlier former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had accused Deshmukh of asking Waze to collect money from bar owners in Mumbai an allegation which Deshmukh who later resigned deniedWazes statement is part of a charge-sheet recently filed by the ED against Deshmukhs personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde in an alleged money laundering case Waze an assistant inspector of Mumbai Police was arrested in March this year in a case of SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis south Mumbai residence Waze told the ED that on June 16 2020 he met Deshmukh at the state guest house Sahyadri where the then state home minister told him that together they will do good casesThereafter Deshmukh used to call him frequently to take updates on various cases directly and at times for personal work such as arranging vehicles the statement saidAmong other matters he got instructions from Deshmukh on the TRP rigging case where some TV channels were accused of manipulating TRP to inflate viewership and the abetment to suicide case regarding the death of architect Anvay Naik in which journalist Arnab Goswami was arrested as per Wazes statementTo another query Waze alleged that at a meeting held in October 2020 at Deshmukhs residence Dyneshwari the NCP leader gave him a list of 1750 bars and restaurants and asked him to collect Rs 3 lakh each from these establishments for granting various favoursThe charge-sheet has not named Deshmukh or his family members as accused but says that Waze collected money from bars and restaurants at the behest and instructions of Deshmukh and the amount was handed over to Deshmukhs aides Palande and ShindeDeshmukh received approximately Rs 470 crore collected from orchestra bar owners and this money was routed to the Shri Sai Shikshan Sanstha Trust managed by the Deshmukh family as donations the ED charge sheet allegedThe ED launched a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the CBI filed an FIR against the senior Nationalist Congress Party leader on April 21 following allegations made by Param Bir Singh PTI AVI KRK KRK KRK
Mumbai Sep 16 PTI Dismissed police officer Sachin Waze has alleged in his statement to the Enforcement Directorate ED that former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh had asked him to collect money from bar and hotel owners and used to give instructions in high-profile investigationsEarlier former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had accused Deshmukh of asking Waze to collect money from bar owners in Mumbai an allegation which Deshmukh who later resigned deniedWazes statement is part of a charge-sheet recently filed by the ED against Deshmukhs personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde in an alleged money laundering case Waze an assistant inspector of Mumbai Police was arrested in March this year in a case of SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis south Mumbai residence Waze told the ED that on June 16 2020 he met Deshmukh at the state guest house Sahyadri where the then state home minister told him that together they will do good casesThereafter Deshmukh used to call him frequently to take updates on various cases directly and at times for personal work such as arranging vehicles the statement saidAmong other matters he got instructions from Deshmukh on the TRP rigging case where some TV channels were accused of manipulating TRP to inflate viewership and the abetment to suicide case regarding the death of architect Anvay Naik in which journalist Arnab Goswami was arrested as per Wazes statementTo another query Waze alleged that at a meeting held in October 2020 at Deshmukhs residence Dyneshwari the NCP leader gave him a list of 1750 bars and restaurants and asked him to collect Rs 3 lakh each from these establishments for granting various favoursThe charge-sheet has not named Deshmukh or his family members as accused but says that Waze collected money from bars and restaurants at the behest and instructions of Deshmukh and the amount was handed over to Deshmukhs aides Palande and ShindeDeshmukh received approximately Rs 470 crore collected from orchestra bar owners and this money was routed to the Shri Sai Shikshan Sanstha Trust managed by the Deshmukh family as donations the ED charge sheet allegedThe ED launched a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the CBI filed an FIR against the senior Nationalist Congress Party leader on April 21 following allegations made by Param Bir Singh PTI AVI KRK KRK KRK
