ED summons Maha minister Anil Parab in Anil Deshmukh money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate ED has summoned Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab for questioning in the money laundering case registered against former state minister Anil Deshmukh and others officials saidParab 56 is also a minister of parliamentary affairs in the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and is a threeterm member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Officials said he has been asked by the ED to depose before the investigating officer of the case at the agencys office in south Mumbai on August 31They said Parab is to be questioned in the money laundering case being investigated against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh after certain disclosures have been made by other accused and those involved in the case Reacting to the summon Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said the ED notice to Parab was expected and the party would fight it legallyWell done As soon as the Jan Ashirwad Yatra concluded Anil Parab has been served ED notice as expected The central government has begun its work The epicentre of the earthquake was Ratnagiri Parab is the district guardian minister Understand the chronology Will fight legal battle legally Jai Maharashtra Raut tweeted chronology mdash Sanjay Raut rautsanjay61 August 29 2021Union minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane was recently arrested from Ratnagiri for his comment that he would have slapped CM Thackeray Rane a bete noire of both Shiv Sena and Thackeray had made the remark during his Jan Ashirwad Yatra The latest summons pertains to the criminal investigation being carried out by the ED in the alleged Rs 100 crore briberycumextortion racket in the Maharashtra police establishment that led to Deshmukhs resignation in AprilThe ED case against Deshmukh who was earlier the home minister in the MVA government and others came after the CBI booked him in the corruption case related to allegations of at least Rs 100 crore bribe made by former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh Deshmukh who had skipped ED summons at least five times till now had said that Singh made the allegations against him after he was removed from the post of Mumbai Police CommissionerThe ED may question Parab about the statements it has twice recorded of a jailed police officer and another accused in this case Sachin Waze Waze was arrested by the NIA in the case of recovery of an explosivesladen SUV from near the Mumbai house of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh AmbaniWaze had earlier alleged in a letter he sought to submit before a court that in January 2021 Parab asked him to look into an inquiry against fraudulent contractors listed in the Mumbai civic body and collect at least Rs 2 crore from about 50 such contractors Parab had then rejected Wazes claims and had said he was ready to face any probe into the allegationsAlso Read Is BJP leadership siding with people who hurt Maharashtrarsquos pride Asks Sanjay RautThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever