Anil Deshmukh Channeled Crores Received From Bar Owners To His Trust: Probe Agency

The Enforcement Directorate made this claim during the remand hearing of Anil Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde.

The then Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh had received over Rs 4 crore from bar owners in Mumbai and channeled that money to his trust in the form of donations through various dummy companies, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a court on Saturday. The Enforcement Directorate made this claim during the remand hearing of Mr Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde. Mr Palande and Mr Shinde were arrested in connection with a money laundering related to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket that led to Mr Deshmukh's resignation in April, officials said, adding the duo was booked under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The duo was remanded in the ED custody till July 1.