Money laundering case ED files supplementary charge sheet against Anil Deshmukh
Mumbai Dec 29 PTI The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with a money laundering case The probe agency filed the 7000-page charge sheet which also names Deshmukhs sons as accused in the case before a special court here assigned to hear matters related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA The ED had earlier filed a charge sheet against 14 accused including Deshmukhs private secretary an additional collector-rank officer Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde Deshmukh was arrested by the ED on November 1 this year in connection with the case and is currently in judicial custody The ED had launched a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI filed an FIR against the senior NCP leader on April 21 this year on charges of corruption and misuse of official position The EDs case is that while serving as state home minister Deshmukh allegedly misused his official position and through Sachin Waze a police officer who has been dismissed from service after his arrest in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran killing cases collected Rs 470 crore from various bars in Mumbai The money was laundered to Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan an educational trust controlled by the Deshmukh family Both Palande and Shinde had played an important role in circulating and laundering the unaccounted money according to the anti-money laundering agency Deshmukh who resigned from the post of state home minister earlier this year has repeatedly denied the charges against him PTI AVI GK GK
Mumbai Dec 29 PTI The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with a money laundering case The probe agency filed the 7000-page charge sheet which also names Deshmukhs sons as accused in the case before a special court here assigned to hear matters related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA The ED had earlier filed a charge sheet against 14 accused including Deshmukhs private secretary an additional collector-rank officer Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde Deshmukh was arrested by the ED on November 1 this year in connection with the case and is currently in judicial custody The ED had launched a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI filed an FIR against the senior NCP leader on April 21 this year on charges of corruption and misuse of official position The EDs case is that while serving as state home minister Deshmukh allegedly misused his official position and through Sachin Waze a police officer who has been dismissed from service after his arrest in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran killing cases collected Rs 470 crore from various bars in Mumbai The money was laundered to Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan an educational trust controlled by the Deshmukh family Both Palande and Shinde had played an important role in circulating and laundering the unaccounted money according to the anti-money laundering agency Deshmukh who resigned from the post of state home minister earlier this year has repeatedly denied the charges against him PTI AVI GK GK
