On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets worth approximately INR 4cr of Anil Deshmukh, former Home Minister of Maharashtra in a money laundering case.
Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), a provisional order has been issued attaching a residential flat worth INR1.54 crore in Worli in Mumbai, and 25 land parcels valued at INR 2.67 crore in Dhutum village in the Raigad district. The Worli flat is said to be registered in the name of his wife. These attached properties are "beneficially owned" by the former Home Minister state the central probe agency. Deshmukh's properties in Mumbai and Nagpur were raided by the agency last month, apart from that of his accomplices and others. Additionally, his personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde have also been arrested.
Deshmukh has skipped at least three summonses by the ED in relation to the questioning in the case. Furthermore, his son and wife both were also summoned, they too refrained from deposing.
After the former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh levelled corruption charges against Anil Deshmukh, the ED booked him. It is alleged that the police were given a target by the former Home Minister to collect at least INR 100cr in bribes each month.
When the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into these allegations of corruption, Deshmukh resigned as a minister in April.
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