Enforcement Directorate Questions Ex-Maharashtra Minister's Secretary

Anil Deshmukh's personal secretary, Sanjeev Palande, was brought to the ED''s office in the afternoon for inquiry in connection with the case, they said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday questioned the personal secretary of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case registered against the latter, sources said. Mr Deshmukh's personal secretary, Sanjeev Palande, was brought to the ED''s office in the afternoon for inquiry in connection with the case, they said. Earlier in the day, the ED conducted searches at the premises of Deshmukh in Nagpur and Mumbai as part of the money laundering probe against him. In Mumbai, searches were carried out at Mr Deshmukh's flat in Worli and at the ''Dnyaneshwari'' bungalow in south Mumbai's Malabar Hill, which was allotted to Mr Deshmukh when he was a minister.