The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to probe the money laundering case against him. According to sources, the ED has come to know about the money trail of crores of rupees. 4 crore, extorted from 12 bar owners and collected by former assistant inspector Sachin Waaze in a few months.
It has also been said that this money was allegedly sent to Deshmukh through some shell companies based outside Maharashtra. The companies are known to be owned by a close relative of Deshmukh.
The authorities on Friday night arrested his personal assistant Kundan Shinde and private secretary Sanjeev Palande under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after nearly nine hours of interrogation.