SC to hear Deshmukh’s plea seeking protection in money laundering case on Jul 30

The Supreme Court on Monday posted for July 30 hearing a plea filed by former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh seeking protection from coercive action in a money laundering caseA Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar adjourned the hearing of the matter today and said it would hear on Friday at 2 pm the plea of DeshmukhThe apex court asked counsel of Deshmukh to give a copy of the petition to the Enforcement Directorate ED and the state of MaharashtraDeshmukh is being probed by the ED in a case of alleged extortion from orchestra bars in the state ED had issued summons to the 71yearold National Congress Paty NCP leader and his son Hrishikesh Deshmukh seeking their appearanceDeshmukh had skipped the previous summons by the agency to present himselfThe ED has alleged that Rs 47 crore collected from orchestra bars by dismissed cop Sachin Waze allegedly on Deshmukhs instructions was transferred to the former ministers Nagpur based educational trust by his son who routed it via two hawala operators and showed it as a donationDeshmukh is the president of the trust and his two sons Salil and Hrishikesh are trusteesAlso Read Bombay HC refuses to quash CBI FIR on corruption charges against Anil DeshmukhEarlier on June 25 the ED had raided Deshmukhs residences in Nagpur and Mumbai Raids were conducted at five placesAfter the raids Deshmukh had said that former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had made false allegations against him after he was removed from the post over his suspicious roleThe case against the former Home Minister was registered on May 11 Earlier in April the CBI had conducted raids at four premises of Deshmukh after registering an FIR against him in connection with the caseAn FIR was filed based on Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act and criminal conspiracy IPC 120 BParam Bir Singh in his letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had alleged that Deshmukh had indulged in malpractices and asked suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze to collect Rs 100 crores every monthWaze was arrested in March in connection with the National Investigation Agencys NIA probe into the case of recovery of an explosivesladen SUV near Mukesh Ambanis house in Mumbai and the subsequent murder of Thane businessman Mansukh HiranThis 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