ED Issues Lookout Notice Against Anil Deshmukh In Money Laundering Case
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a lookout notice against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who has skipped several summons issued by the agency in an alleged money laundering case.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader has waived several summons issued by the agency. The circular has reportedly been issued to prevent Deshmukh from leaving the country.
On 3 September, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Deshmukh’s legal team member Anand Daga after a day’s interrogation for allegedly trying to influence the agency’s probe into corruption charges against his client.
The federal agency had on August 23 filed a chargesheet against two of his associates in the case. According to the news agency, Deshmukh’s assistant Kundan Shinde and his private secretary Sanjeev Paland have been chargesheeted in the case.
The two were arrested by the federal agency on June 26 for their alleged role in money laundering on the instructions of Deshmukh.
The ED had registered a money laundering case against Deshmukh on April 21 following the CBI’s First Information Report (FIR). Deshmukh had earlier said that the case registered against him was false.
The central agency has alleged that while serving as Maharashtra’s home minister, Deshmukh abused his position, and through Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze – who has now been sacked – and Antilia Explosives and Mansukh Deer accused of murders. Taloja is in jail for his alleged role in the case – collecting Rs 4.7 crore from a bar in Mumbai for his “smooth functioning”.
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