Finally probing all financial dealings, ED registers case against former MH Home Minister Anil Deshmukh
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New Delhi, May 11: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday registered an enforcement case information report (ECIR) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against former Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh, for allegedly obtaining illegal gratification. The agency, however, has not specified the quantum of illegal gratification in its ECIR.
The ECIR filed by the ED is based on the corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Deshmukh last month. The CBI has said that Deshmukh had used his official position to obtain undue advantage and had also influenced the transfers and postings in the Mumbai Police, as alleged by former Mumbai Police commissioner Parambir Singh.
ED said will look into the financial transactions of Deshmukh as CBI is probing the allegation of Rs 100 crore being illegally collected each month from bars and restaurants in Mumbai on the instructions of Deshmukh. The CBI initiated an inquiry against Anil Deshmukh after the Bombay High Court directed the agency to look into the allegations of corruption leveled by Parambir Singh.
On March 20, Singh, in an eight-page letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, alleged that Deshmukh asked now suspended API Sachin Waze to collect Rs 100 crore every month, including Rs 40-50 crore, from 1,750 bars and restaurants in Mumbai. Waze is being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged role in the Ambani house bomb scare and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran.
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