Lookout Notice Issued Against Maharashtra Ex-Home Minister Anil Deshmukh

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had accused NCP leader Anil Deshmukh of heading a Rs 100 crore extortion racket.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a lookout circular against NCP leader Anil Deshmukh who resigned as Maharashtra Home Minister in April this year. The notice has been issued in connection with a Rs 100 crore money laundering case that had forced him to quit his ministerial position. The lookout circular was issue to prevent Mr Deshmukh from leaving the country, ED sources said. He has skipped multiple summons issued by the probe agency. Last month, the Supreme Court had refused to grant him interim relief against coercive action in the case. The ED's case against Mr Deshmukh and others was registered after the CBI lodged a corruption case based on an allegation of Rs 100 crore bribe accumulated by the 71-year-old. The accusation was made by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.