The Income Tax Department on Friday searched premises belonging to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh at several places in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.
Deshmukh is being probed by the CBI and the ED in the alleged bribery and corruption case. The department may also investigate alleged unaccounted transactions between firms controlled by Deshmukh’s family and some shell companies. Last month, the ED had registered its first prosecution complaint against Deskmukh’s secretary and personal assistant as well as a trust and some companies linked to them.
The central agency has alleged that Deshmukh, while serving as home minister, “illegally received around Rs 4.7 crore in cash from various orchestra bar owners”, now sacked Mumbai Police assistant inspector Sachin Vaz, Those who have been arrested in the Ambani terror. Scary case.
According to the ED, about Rs 4.18 crore of this was deposited with four Delhi-based shell companies – Reliable Finance Corporation Pvt Ltd, VA Realcon Pvt Ltd, Utsav Securities Pvt Ltd and Sital Leasing and Finance Pvt Ltd.
These firms later donated the entire money to the Sri Sai Shikshan Sansthan Trust, a charitable trust headed by Deshmukh and his family.
Deshmukh is also under the scanner of the CBI after former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh leveled allegations of corruption against him. The NCP leader has denied the allegations.
In his March 20 letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray – after he was removed as Mumbai Police chief – Singh had alleged that Deshmukh asked Vaze and other police officials to collect Rs 100 crore, each from 1,750 times. The month involved 40 to 50 crores. Restaurants in Mumbai.
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