States »WesPosted at: Jun 25 2021 10:51AM

ED raids Ex-Mah Minister Anil Deshmukh's Nagpur residence in money laundering case

(Rptg with corrections)
Nagpur, Jun 25 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Friday conducted raids at former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh's residence in Nagpur in a money laundering case.
The case relates to the allegations of corruption levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh against Deshmukh.
The ED team reached Nagpur from Mumbai on Thursday night. Early this morning, the team with the help of local ED officials, raided Deshmukh's residence at GPO Chowk along with homes of his close associates.
In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Singh had levelled corruption charges against the former state minister.
He had also filed a petition before the Bombay High Court saying Deshmukh had asked former assistant inspector Sachin Vaze to extort around Rs 100 crore per month from bars, restaurants and other establishments in Mumbai.
Singh, in his letter, had also mentioned the name of Vaze and ACP Sanjay Patil who were allegedly asked by Deshmukh to extort money.
Earlier last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had conducted a raid in the house of one old businessman Dharampal Aggarwal and two CAs-- Bhavik Panjwan and Sudhir Behti-- said to be very close to Deshmukh.
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