Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to take former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in custody today in connection with a corruption case registered against the 72-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader.
Besides, Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande, his personal assistant Kundan Shinde, and dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze will also be taken in custody in connection with the case.
They all have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case.
On Friday, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court allowed CBI to take custody of dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze, who has been lodged at the Taloja jail.
The PMLA court directed the Arthur Road jail superintendent to hand over the custody of Deshmukh, Palande and Shinde to the central agency. The NIA court issued a similar directive to the superintendent of Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai where Vaze is lodged.
Vaze was arrested by NIA on March 13, 2021, in connection with the Antilia explosives scare and connected murder of Thane-based car accessories shop owner Mansukh Hiran, while Deshmukh, 72, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case against him, his son Hrishikesh and others.
CBI on Thursday secured a production warrant to arrest the four. On the strength of the warrant, the agency on Friday moved the special PMLA court and special NIA court, seeking permission to arrest them in connection with the corruption case registered against Anil Deshmukh on April 21, 2021.
The CBI case is based on the allegations of corruption levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
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