ED raids Ex-HM Anil Deshmukh's Nagpur residence in money laundering case

Nagpur:The Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Friday conducted raids at former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh's residence here in connection with a money laundering case.

The case relates to the allegations of corruption levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh against Anil Deshmukh.

The ED team reached Nagpur from Mumbai on Thursday night. On early Friday, a team from Mumbai with the help of local ED officials raided Deshmukh's residence at GPO Chowk and the homes of his close associates.

In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Singh had alleged corruption charges against Deshmukh.

He had also filed a petition before the Bombay High Court saying Deshmukh had asked former assistant inspector Sachin Vaze to extort around Rs 100 crore per month from bars, restaurants and other establishments in Mumbai.

Singh, in his letter, had also mentioned the name of Vaze and ACP Sanjay Patil who were allegedly asked by Deshmukh to extort money .

Earlier last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had conducted a raid in the house of one old businessman, Dharampal Aggarwal and two CAs, Bhavik Panjwan and Sudhir Behti in Nagpur, who are known to be the closest friends of Deshmukh.(UNI)