Anil Deshmukh, held by ED in money laundering case, taken for medical checkup

Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case was taken to the staterun J J Hospital here on Thursday for a medical checkup an official saidHis all vital parameters are stable the official saidDeshmukh is currently in the EDs custody where his interrogation in connection with the money laundering case is onThe NCP leader was brought out of the EDs office around 12 noon and taken to the hospital in south Mumbai the official saidHis routine check up was conducted at the hospital between 1230 pm and 130 pm following which he taken back to the EDs office the official addedMiddayNews Former Maharashtra home minister AnilDeshmukh been taken out of ED office in BallardEstate for medical checkup at JJHospital after he completed 48 hours in custody Video Suresh Karkera pictwittercom9R7FwKDgtEmdash Mid Day mid_day November 4 2021Deshmukh 71 was arrested by the ED late Monday night after being questioned for over 12 hours in connection with the money laundering caseThe former minister had skipped multiple summonses issued by the ED in the case but after the Bombay High Court last week refused to quash them he appeared before the agency on MondayOn Tuesday a special holiday court here remanded him in the EDs custody till November 6The ED had told the court that Deshmukh was the prime beneficiary of proceeds of crime and directly involved in the offence of money launderingThe central agency in its remand note said the NCP leader emerged as an important cog in the wheels in the case in which there has been an allegation of collection of Rs 100 crore and maintained the involvement of foreign angle cannot be ruled outThe ED had told the court that Deshmukhs custodial interrogation was the need of the hour in the interest of the ongoing investigation and that the entire money trail requires to be established in order to bring the guilty to bookThe agency had initiated a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the CBI filed its FIR against the NCP leader on April 21 this year on charges of corruption and misuse of official positionDeshmukh had refuted these allegations earlier and said the agencys whole case was based on malicious statements made by a tainted cop Sachin WazeThe ED has earlier arrested Sanjeev Palande additional collector rank official who was working as Deshmukhs private secretary and Kundan Shinde Deshmukhs personal assistant in the caseThe case against Deshmukh and others was made out after the CBI booked him in a corruption case related to allegations of at least Rs 100 crore bribery made by exMumbai Police commissioner Param Bir SinghThe agency last month submitted its prosecution complaint equivalent to a charge sheet against Palande and Shinde before a special courtThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever