ED expedites money laundering case against ex-minister Anil Deshmukh, summons bar owners

The ED has expedited its case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and has summoned a few bar and restaurant owners to record their statements.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the money laundering case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has summoned a few bar and restaurant owners to record their statements on Thursday. Sources said that these bars owners were the ones who were allegedly targeted by Assistant Inspector Sachin Vaze and ACP Sanjay Patil for extortion at the behest of Deshmukh. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had alleged that Deshmukh had asked Vaze and Patil to extort Rs 100 crore and a majority of it had to come from bars and restaurants.