Money Laundering Case: The Bombay High Court on Sunday rejected a special court order to remand former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to judicial custody and remanded him to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till November 12 in a money laundering case.
A vacation bench of Judge Madhav Jamdar heard ED's plea challenging the Special Court's November 6 order to remand Deshmukh to 14 days judicial custody, news agency PTI reported.
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Deshmukh's counsel Vikram Chaudhary and Aniket Nikam told the court that they were opposing the petition on the basis of its maintainability and merits. Lawyers said Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders are cooperating in the ED's interrogation. The court then remanded Deshmukh to ED custody till November 12.
ED arrested Deshmukh on November 1 after 12 hours of interrogation in a multi-crore money laundering case. He was produced before a court on November 2 where he was sent to ED remand till November 6. The ED requested an extension of custody when he was produced before a special court on Saturday, but the court refused to grant the same and sent him to judicial custody.
The ED had launched an investigation against Deshmukh and his associates following an FIR lodged by the CBI against the NCP leader on April 21 on allegations of corruption and misuse of official post. The ED had earlier arrested Additional Collector Sanjeev Palande working as Deshmukh's personal secretary and Kundan Shinde, working as Deshmukh's personal assistant.