: Anil Deshmukh moves Bombay High Court seeking to quash ED summons in money laundering case #IndiaNEWS Former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday moved the Bombay High Court seeking to quash

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Anil Deshmukh moves Bombay High Court seeking to quash ED summons in money laundering case #IndiaNEWS
Former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday moved the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case, reported Live Law.The matter was listed before Justice Revati Mohite Dere but she recused herself from the hearing without giving any reason.The Enforcement Directorate is investigating Deshmukh’s role in the alleged money laundering case based on a First Information Report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The CBI is conducting an investigation on Bombay High Court’s directions into allegations that Deshmukh coerced police officers to extort money on his behalf from the owners of bars and restaurants in Mumbai. Former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh had levelled the allegations of extortion in March. Singh had alleged that dismissed police officer Sachin Vaze told him that Deshmukh had asked him to collect Rs 100 crore every month through illegal channels.The Enforcement Directorate has issued five summons to Deshmukh so far. But the Nationalist Congress Party leader has not appeared before the central agency.The last summons was issued by the Enforcement Directorate on August 18, a day after the Supreme Court refused to provide the former minister interim protection from coercive action by the central agency. The court, however, had allowed Deshmukh to seek other remedies available...Read more

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