A medical examination of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, arrested in a money laundering case, was conducted at a state-run hospital here on Saturday before he was taken to a special court in the afternoon as his Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody ended, an official said.

Deshmukh (71) was arrested by the ED on late Monday night after 12 hours of questioning. A Mumbai court had on Tuesday remanded Deshmukh in ED's custody till November 6 in connection with a multi-crore money laundering case.