A court here on Friday issued process against former Maharashtra home Minister Anil Deshmukh for not appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) pertaining to its probe in a money laundering case registered against him.

The process against Deshmukh was issued by additional chief metropolitan magistrate R M Nerlikar Deshmukh under IPC section 174 when the court was hearing a plea filed by the ED against the NCP leader.