Tag: Kailas Gaikwad

  • Maharashtra’s deputy home secretary appears before ED in Anil Deshmukh money laundering case

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: A deputy secretary of the Maharashtra home department appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case registered against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh and others, sources said.

    The ED had earlier summoned Kailas Gaikwad, the home department’s deputy secretary, in connection with the case, they said. Gaikwad reached the ED’s office in south Mumbai around 11 am, the sources said, adding that his statement was being recorded by officials of the probe agency.

    On Tuesday, the ED questioned Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab for nearly eight hours here in connection with the same case.

    The Enforcement Directorate is conducting a probe into the alleged Rs 100-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket in the Maharashtra police establishment that led to Deshmukh’s resignation from the state cabinet in April this year.

    The ED’s case against Deshmukh, an NCP leader, and others came after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked him in a corruption case related to allegations of at least Rs 100 crore bribe levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.

    Deshmukh, who has skipped the ED summons at least five times till now and moved court against the agency, has rejected all allegations against him. The NCP politician has said Singh made the allegations against him after he was removed from the post of Mumbai police commissioner in March this year.

  • ED summons Maharashtra Home Ministry official in money laundering case against Anil Deshmukh

    By ANI

    MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Deputy Secretary (Home) of Maharashtra, Kailas Gaikwad on Thursday in a money laundering case related to former state home minister Anil Deshmukh.

    He has been asked to appear before the agency today. ED is investigating the money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Deshmukh. It registered a case against Deshmukh and others based on a corruption case filed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

    Deshmukh is accused of allegedly misusing his post while serving as Home Minister. It is also alleged that the leader through dismissed police officer Sachin Waze collected Rs 4.70 crore from various bars and restaurants in Mumbai. The money was allegedly laundered to the Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan, an educational trust controlled by Deshmukh’s family.

    Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had levelled the charge. The CBI filed its FIR against Deshmukh on April 21 this year based on a Bombay High Court ruling on April 5. However, Deshmukh has repeatedly denied any misconduct.

    The ED had arrested Anil Deshmukh’s personal secretary and personal assistant following raids in Mumbai and Nagpur on them and the NCP leader. His son-in-law was previously questioned by the CBI regarding the leak of an inquiry report.