Mumbai: Maharashtra’s former Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh who was summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday is arrested after more than 12 hours of questioning.
After skipping several summons by Enforcement Directorate (ED), Maharashtra’s former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today reached the ED’s office in Mumbai for questioning in a money laundering case against him.
Deshmukh, who had stepped down earlier this year from his post amid row over the bribery allegations against him, was refused relief by the Bombay High Court on Friday as he appealed for cancelling the summons.
He was accused of corruption by Mumbai’s ex top cop Param Bir Singh. The former top cop is also missing and a lookout notice has already been issued against him. He also faces allegations of extortion and several cases have been filed against him.
Four summons had been issued to Mr Deshmukh by the central probe agency but he had not appeared until now.
Case so far
The CBI Sunday made its first arrest in the bribery case involving former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh as it took an alleged middleman into custody, officials said.
The agency arrested Santosh Jagtap from Thane Sunday morning, they said, adding he has been evading the probe even after the issuance of non-bailable warrants against him last month.
The CBI had raided the premises of Santosh Jagtap, an alleged middleman, in August and also recovered ₹ 9 lakh, they said.
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