The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Maharashtra government’s plea to hand over the ongoing probe against of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh from the CBI to a special investigation team (SIT). The state sought transfer on ground that the present CBI director was responsible for posting and transfer of police officials in Maharashtra.
A court on March 31 allowed a CBI plea seeking its permission to take custody of Deshmukh for investigation into a corruption case registered against him and others.
Deshmukh, a senior NCP leader, and his two aides – Sanjeev Palande and Kundan Shinde – are currently in jail under judicial custody in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The ED’s case is that while serving as state home minister, Deshmukh misused his official position and through Waze, a police officer who has been dismissed from service after his arrest in the ‘Antilia’ bomb scare-Mansukh Hiran killing case last year, collected Rs 4.70 crore from various bars in Mumbai The money was laundered to Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan, an educational trust controlled by the Deshmukh family, the central agency has alleged.
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