Maharashtra Minister Anil Parab Summoned In Case Against Anil Deshmukh

Officials said minister Anil Parab has been asked by the Enforcement Directorate to depose at the agency's office in south Mumbai on Tuesday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab for questioning in the money laundering case registered against former state minister Anil Deshmukh and others, officials said on Sunday. Mr Parab, 56, is also a minister of parliamentary affairs in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and is a three-term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. Officials said he has been asked by the ED to depose before the investigating officer of the case at the agency's office in south Mumbai on Tuesday. They said Mr Parab is to be questioned in the money laundering case being investigated against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh after certain "disclosures" have been made by other accused and those involved in the case.