Money Laundering Case: Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody

The senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was arrested by the ED under various sections of PMLA on November 1, 2021. 

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh (File Photo)

New Delhi: The former Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh has been sent 14-day judicial custody on Monday by a special court Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He was earlier was remanded to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till November 15, in connection with an alleged money laundering case.

Alleged money laundering case | Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh sent to 14-day judicial custody.

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The senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was arrested by the ED under various sections of PMLA on November 1, 2021. 

Meanwhile, Mumbai's Esplanade Court sent Sachin Waze to 14-day police custody in connection with the extortion case. He was in police custody of the Mumbai Police credit branch for 14 days.

Earlier, the ED had filed a case on July 23, 2021, against Deshmukh after the former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had alleged that the minister had tasked cop Sachin Waze and others to collect Rs 100 crore from several hotels and bars in Mumbai.

NIA arrested Waze in March in connection with the investigation into the recovery of explosives from a car parked near Mukesh Ambani's house in Mumbai. Waze is the prime accused of placing an explosives-laden vehicle near Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's house Antilia in Mumbai on February 25.

Waze was also accused of the murder of Mansukh Hiren, the owner of the vehicle that was found containing explosives materials outside Antilia. Hiren was found dead on March 5 in Thane. He was dismissed from service in May 2021