Money Laundering Case: Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Named As Main Accused By ED

Anil Deshmukh Extortion Case: Both sons of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh have also been named in the ED's supplementary charge sheet.

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Anil Deshmukh In ED Supplementary Chargesheet: The Enforcement Directorate has named Anil Deshmukh as the main accused in a 700-page supplementary chargesheet filed in the PMLA court in Mumbai.

At the same time, the two sons of the former Maharashtra Home Minister have also been named in the chargesheet.

Earlier, a Delhi court directed the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) to probe the role of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the case. Special Judge Sanjeev Agarwal said that even though he was not arrayed as an accused in the CBI charge sheet in the case, he could be the controller of major conspiracy as he would have benefited the most from the leakage of the contents of the preliminary investigation.

The court was taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed against CBI sub-inspector Abhishek Tiwari, Deshmukh's lawyer Anand Daga and the leader's social media manager Vaibhav Gajendra Tumane, on Wednesday accusing them of allegedly trying to overturn the preliminary probe directed by the Bombay High Court against the former minister.

Enforcement Directorate names former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh as the main accused in the 7000-page supplementary chargesheet filed in the money laundering case in PMLA Court,Mumbai

The two sons of Anil Deshmukh have also been named in the chargesheet.

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The court said that the general purpose of the conspiracy was to illegally and covertly gain access to preliminary investigation and any kind of investigation in the case, and then to use and disseminate it, and to achieve the same, there appears to be a conspiracy one after the other which may have been carried out by the above-accused persons.

The court directed the agency to file a status report "without failure" within four weeks in this regard. The allegations of extortion are under investigation against former Maharashtra Home Minister Deshmukh.