The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable assets worth Rs 4.20 crore belonging to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and his family in connection with a money laundering case. Officials said a provisional attachment order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh had alleged that Anil Deshmukh had asked suspended police officer Sachin Vaze and few others to extort Rs 100 crore for him every month by targeting bars and restaurants in Mumbai.
Following Singh's allegations, petitions were filed in the Bombay High Court seeking case be registered against Anil Deshmukh. The court then ordered a preliminary enquiry by the CBI and later, an FIR was registered against him.