The ED is conducting a probe into the cash laundering case associated to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket
Nagpur: The Enforcement Directorate performed searches at two residences of former Maharashtra house minister Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur district on Sunday as a part of a probe right into a cash laundering case, a police official mentioned.
Two separate groups of the ED searched Deshmukh’s home in Katol city, positioned about 60 km from right here, and his ancestral house at Wadvihira village close to Katol, he mentioned.
The searches began at round 6 am, he mentioned.
The official mentioned the search continues to be on on the Katol premises of Deshmukh, whereas the search at Wadvihira concluded round 12 midday.
The ED is conducting a probe into the cash laundering case associated to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket that led to Deshmukh’s resignation from the put up of house minister in April this yr.
The central company lately arrested Deshmukh’s private secretary Sanjeev Palande (51) and private assistant Kundan Shinde (45) after it carried out raids in opposition to them and the NCP chief in Mumbai and Nagpur.
Deshmukh had earlier skipped ED’s summons for questioning within the case.
The ED’s case in opposition to Deshmukh and others was made out after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) first carried out a preliminary enquiry adopted by a daily case being filed on the orders of the Bombay Excessive Courtroom.
The courtroom had requested the CBI to look into the allegations of bribery made in opposition to Deshmukh by former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Deshmukh, who resigned because the state house minister in April following the allegations, has denied any wrongdoing.
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