ED attaches assets worth Rs 4.20 Crore of Anil Deshmukh

New Delhi: Taking major action against former home minister Anil Deshmukh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets worth Rs 4.20 crore in Maharashtra Rs 100 crore recovery case.

ED attaches asset of Anil Deshmukh:

On the matter, officials said that a provisional attachment order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Deshmukh, 72, has not appeared in at least three Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons for questioning. Earlier, his son Hrishikesh and wife were also summoned by the Federal Investigation Agency but they too refused to testify.

Earlier this year, on the complaint of former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh, the CBI and the ED had registered a case against Deshmukh on corruption charges. Singh, in his complaint, had accused Deshmukh of receiving a bribe of at least Rs 100 crore.

Earlier on Wednesday, Anil Deshmukh's counsel had said that his client felt that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe against him in the alleged money laundering case was not proper and hence he was not joining the probe. Addressing a press conference here, Deshmukh's lawyer Kamlesh Ghumre alleged that the ED probe looked more like "harassment" than a real probe.

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