ED attaches Deshmukh’s Worli flat, land in Uran
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth ₹4.20 crore of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh. The properties include the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader’s flat in Worli.
“The attached assets are in the form of one residential flat valued at ₹1.54 crore located at Worli and 25 land parcels of book value ₹ 2.67 crore at Dhutum village in Uran of neighbouring Raigad district,” said an ED officer.
The properties, according to ED officers, are held in the name of Deshmukh’s wife Aarti and a company named Premier Port
Links Pvt Ltd.
With regards to the Worli flat, ED officers said their investigation has revealed that the flat was purchased by the NCP leader in 2004 by paying entire consideration in cash and the same was registered in the name of Aarti Deshmukh, but the sale deed for the flat was registered in February 2020 after Deshmukh became home minister.
According to ED officers,
Deshmukhs acquired 50% ownership in M/s Premier Port Links Pvt Ltd including its assets, ie land and shops, “totally valued at approximately ₹5.34 crore (book value) by merely paying ₹17.95 lakh, that too after a substantial gap.”
ED has initiated money laundering investigation against Deshmukh and his family members on the basis of a first information report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly “attempting to obtain undue advantage for improper and dishonest performance of his public duty for collection of funds to achieve the target of ₹100 crore per month from various bars, restaurants and other establishments in Mumbai.”