The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday submitted a prosecution complaint (supplementary chargesheet) against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. money laundering case A case has been registered for allegedly taking bribe from bar owners.
Deshmukh was ED arrested on November 2, The central agency had claimed that the sacked constable named as accused in the previous chargesheet was the primary beneficiary of the laundering done on bribe money allegedly collected by Sachin Vaze.
The ED alleged that Deshmukh’s family was indirectly controlling or managing the activities of 27 companies which were used for money laundering and that the bribe money was diverted by Delhi-based paper companies to Deshmukh’s trust ‘Sai Shikshan’. Shown as a donation given to ‘Institute’.
The ED alleged that Deshmukh had claimed that the money was loans received from companies and CSR.
Deshmukh remains in custody And have not yet filed for bail. Two other employees of Deshmukh – Sanjeev Palande and Kundan Shinde – are also in custody after a special court refused to grant them bail saying they had colluded with him. Deshmukh had denied the allegations, saying there was no evidence against him.
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