Money laundering case: Anil Deshmukh's son Salil appears before Mumbai court

A special court on Tuesday granted bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukhs son Salil Deshmukh after he appeared before it in connection with a money laundering caseA special court designated to hear cases related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA had in February issued a summons to Salil Deshmukh after the Enforcement Directorate ED submitted its complaint charge sheet in the caseSalil Deshmukh the elder son of Anil Deshmukh was arraigned as an accused in the caseAfter appearing before the court on Tuesday Salil Deshmukh filed an application through his advocate Aniket Nikam requesting the court to accept his appearance and grant him bailThe court accepted this application and granted bailAlso Read ExMaharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh moves HC seeking bail in corruption case hearing on Nov 11The application said the accusations levelled against Salil Deshmukh were absolutely unfoundedIt further said that Salil Deshmukh was never arrested by the ED in the case to date and that he has cooperated in the investigationThe ED opposed Salil Deshmukhs plea saying he had been summoned by the antimoney laundering agency twice but he never appeared The ED also stated that though Salil Deshmukh had been summoned by the court in February he appeared only nowHe has no respect for the agency no respect for the court and so the application may be rejected the agency saidIn the application Salil Deshmukh said while the scheduled offence remained confined to the alleged acts of omission and commission of his father as the then Home Minister the present PMLA case has spread it tentacles beyond the precincts of the scheduled offence and certain accusations which have no relation to any schedule offence have been levelled against himThe accusations against the Applicant are not attributable to any criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence and thus dehors the nature of these transactions the same cannot come with the fold of proceeds of crime and consequential money laundering it saidThe application also stated that Anil Deshmukh has been granted bail in the case by the Bombay High Court earlier this monthThe high court in its order had clearly stated that none of the properties or assets mentioned in the ED complaint was derived or obtained from proceeds of crime it addedSalil Deshmukh is neither named in the scheduledpredicate offence nor has any role to play in any act of omission or commission that may have been attributed to his father the application saidIt further said that Salil Deshmukh has no criminal antecedents and comes from a respectable family and hence is not a flight riskThe ED began its probe against Anil Deshmukh after the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI registered a case against him over allegations of extortion made by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir SinghThe ED claimed Anil Deshmukh had misused his official position and collected Rs 470 crore from various bars and restaurants in MumbaiThe money was channelled to a Nagpurbased educational trust controlled by the Deshmukh family according to the EDWhile Anil Deshmukh has been granted bail in this case he continues to remain in jail in the case lodged against him by the CBI on corruption chargesThis 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