A special holiday court here on Saturday sent former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to 14-day judicial custody in an alleged money laundering case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the case, sought his remand for nine more days, but the court rejected the probe agency’s plea and sent him to judicial custody.
The ED arrested Deshmukh late on Monday night after 12 hours of interrogation. A court on Tuesday sent him to the agency’s custody till November 6.
At the end of the ED’s custody, he was produced before the special.
The money laundering case against Deshmukh and others came to light after the CBI booked them in a corruption case related to allegations of bribery of at least ₹100 crore made by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Besides, the ED had initiated probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the CBI registered an FIR against the NCP leader on April 21 on charges of corruption and abuse of official position.
The ED case is that Deshmukh abused his official position while serving as Home Minister and collected ₹4.70 crore from various bars and restaurants in Mumbai through sacked constable Sachin Vaze.
Apart from Deshmukh, the ED has also arrested two of his associates Kundan Shinde and Sanjeev Palande in this case. Both are currently in judicial custody.
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