Advocate Patil submits documentary proof to ED against Deshmukh

Advocate Jayshri Patil on Wednesday recorded her statement before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with the money laundering case registered by the central agency against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and others. Patil also submitted documentary evidence to the agency which will be examined,

MONEY LAUNDERING CASE

sources said. The agency had summoned Patil on Tuesday for enquiry.

Patil arrived at the ED office at 11 am, where a deputy director rank officer made enquiries with her which lasted for four hours. "Advocate Patil had submitted some documentary evidence to the ED official and had also informed them about names of the victims. She also took names of some of the politicians which she claimed were involved in money laundering," said a source.

Patil had earlier filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court seeking a CBI probe against Deshmukh. The HC on April 5 had ordered the CBI to conduct a preliminary enquiry into the allegations levelled against Deshmukh, and to submit a report within 15 days. On April 24, the CBI had registered an FIR against Deshmukh and others under corruption charges.

On May 11, ED had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in Mumbai against Deshmukh based on the FIR filed by the CBI.

The agency sources claimed that searches could be conducted in connection with the case in coming days and summons could be issued to

Deshmukh and others related with the case and their statements will be recorded by ED soon.

In March, former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, in his letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, had alleged that Home Minister Deshmukh had expressed to officer Sachin Vaze that he had a target to accumulate Rs 100 crores a month from bars, restaurants and other establishments in Mumbai.