In the wee hours of Saturday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and assistant Kundan Shinde. The arrests were made after a search operation at the house of Deshmukh in connection to a money laundering case.

At the time of their remand, the ED told the court that a total of Rs 4.70 crore has been collected from beer bars in Mumbai, which was transferred through hawala to various companies, including an NGO named Sai Shikshan Sanstha. This NGO is being run by the family members of Deshmukh, and Kundan is also a member of it.