The Enforcement Directorate (ED,) arrested Mr. Anil Deshmukh, the former Home Minister of Maharashtra.

Mr. Anil Deshmukh was arrested on the late night of the 1st of November, Monday in a money laundering case.

Ahead of the arrest, Mr. Deshmukh was questioned by the ED for close to 12 hours. 

The ED officials said, Mr. Anil Deshmukh, 71 year old politician, was arrested as per the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering case.  The agency is expected to seek the custody of the National Congress Party (NCP) leader and the former Maharashtra Minister.  He is going to be produced before a local court of Mumbai, today the 2nd of November, Tuesday. 

Recently in September, the ED issued a look out notice against Mr. Anil Deshmukh and summons notice.  The interrogation also came after the NCP leader’s petition to quash the ED’s summon was rejected. 

The Bombay High Court last week refused to quash the summons issued by the ED.

What is the case?

During the time of being the Maharashtra Home Minister, Mr. Anil Deshmukh allegedly misused his power and laundered money.  It is to be noted, the leader collected Rs. 4.70 crores from various bars and restaurants in Mumbai and laundered it to the Nagpur based Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan, an educational trust controlled by Mr. Anil Deshmukh’s family.  The former Mumbai Police Commissioner Mr. Param Bir Singh had levelled the charge.  Besides money laundering, he has been alleged in a corruption case of Rs. 100 crores.  However, the former Maharashtra Home Minister denied the allegations and said it to be a trap of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against him. 

On the 21st of April, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a first information report (FIR) against the National Congress Party (NCP) leader Mr. Anil Deshmukh.  The investigation is underway, with several summon notices and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appearing.  

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