Former Maharashtra house minister Anil Deshmukh`s then private secretary (PS) Sanjeev Palande on Monday informed a particular courtroom right here by means of his lawyer that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested him within the cash laundering case with out permitting him to answer the discover issued to him.
Palande, an extra collector-rank officer, was arrested by the ED on June 26 in reference to the cash laundering case involving Deshmukh.
Palande, who’s at the moment in judicial custody, just lately filed an software looking for bail.
Arguing for Palande, his advocate Shekhar Jagtap on Monday informed the courtroom that the previous was taken into custody the identical day his home was raided.
Jagtap argued the ED arrested Palande with out even permitting him to answer the discover issued to him.
He additional stated the ED had raided Palande`s residence on the identical day as Deshmukh`s home and places of work.
“Each Palande and Deshmukh have been issued notices below part 41A of the Code of Prison Process however Palande was not given an opportunity to answer the discover and was arrested,” Jagtap argued.
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“The applicant (Palande) was picked up by the ED as if some incriminating materials was discovered at his home,” he stated, including that Palande was an trustworthy bureaucrat and there’s no proof of a single penny coming to him.
One other accused arrested within the case, Kundan Shinde, who was working as Deshmukh`s assistant (PA), had additionally filed an software looking for bail.
Shinde`s advocate Ejaz Khan argued that his consumer was incriminated within the case solely based mostly on the assertion given by dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze.
Khan argued that Waze`s assertion can’t be relied upon as his bonafide are in query as he’s an accused and behind bars in one other case.
The courtroom will proceed listening to the bail pleas on September 29.
The ED had initiated a probe towards Deshmukh and his associates after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR towards the NCP chief on April 21 on fees of corruption and the misuse of the official place.
The federal anti-money laundering company has to date arrested two individuals within the case specifically Sanjeev Palande and Kundan Shinde.
The company had final month submitted its prosecution grievance (equal to a chargesheet) towards the duo earlier than a particular courtroom.
The CBI had lodged its FIR towards Deshmukh after it carried out a preliminary enquiry towards the NCP chief following an order from the Excessive Courtroom on April 5.
Deshmukh had resigned from the put up of the house minister on April 5 however had denied any wrongdoing.
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