Anil Deshmukh's PS says ED arrested him without giving chance to reply to notice

Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukhs then personal secretary PS Sanjeev Palande on Monday told a special court here through his lawyer that the Enforcement Directorate ED had arrested him in the money laundering case without allowing him to respond to the notice issued to himPalande an additional collectorrank officer was arrested by the ED on June 26 in connection with the money laundering case involving DeshmukhPalande who is currently in judicial custody recently filed an application seeking bailArguing for Palande his advocate Shekhar Jagtap on Monday told the court that the former was taken into custody the same day his house was raidedJagtap argued the ED arrested Palande without even allowing him to respond to the notice issued to himHe further said the ED had raided Palandes residence on the same day as Deshmukhs house and officesBoth Palande and Deshmukh were issued notices under section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure but Palande was not given a chance to respond to the notice and was arrested Jagtap arguedAlso read Money trail prima facie indicates Anil Deshmukh received Rs 47 cr CourtThe applicant Palande was picked up by the ED as if some incriminating material was found at his house he said adding that Palande was an honest bureaucrat and there is no evidence of a single penny coming to himAnother accused arrested in the case Kundan Shinde who was working as Deshmukhs assistant PA had also filed an application seeking bailShindes advocate Ejaz Khan argued that his client was incriminated in the case only based on the statement given by dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin WazeKhan argued that Wazes statement cannot be relied upon as his bonafide are in question as he is an accused and behind bars in another caseThe court will continue hearing the bail pleas on September 29The ED had initiated a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI filed an FIR against the NCP leader on April 21 on charges of corruption and the misuse of the official positionThe federal antimoney laundering agency has so far arrested two persons in the case namely Sanjeev Palande and Kundan ShindeThe agency had last month submitted its prosecution complaint equivalent to a chargesheet against the duo before a special courtThe CBI had lodged its FIR against Deshmukh after it conducted a preliminary enquiry against the NCP leader following an order from the High Court on April 5Deshmukh had resigned from the post of the home minister on April 5 but had denied any wrongdoingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever