Anil Deshmukh's son Hrishikesh Deshmukh gets bail in money laundering case
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh’s son Hrishikesh Deshmukh has been granted bail from the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in a money laundering case. The Bombay Sessions Court granted him bail on a bond of Rs 3 lakh.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has listed Hrishikesh Deshmukh as an accused in its case against the former Home Minister. Hrishikesh had been summoned at least five times by the central agency. He did not, however, personally appear before the agency; instead, his lawyer, Inderpal Singh, represented him.
Hrishikesh Deshmukh has never been arrested in this case. He appeared before the court today for the first time as part of a procedure that requires him to present himself before the court, only after which the court takes cognizance of the matter.
Fearing arrest, he approached the special PMLA in November 2021.
Hrishikesh filed an application through his lawyer Aniket Nikam after showing up in court asking for the court to accept his appearance and grant him bail.
Hrishikesh emphasized in his appeal that the allegations in the ED’s case were limited to the alleged acts of omission and commission by his father while he was serving as the then-home minister from January 2020 to April 2021.
The Bombay High Court had previously granted bail in the case to Anil Deshmukh. However, he is still behind the bars in the case lodged against him by the CBI on corruption charges.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a complaint against Anil Deshmukh after the former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh accused him of extortion, prompting the ED to launch its investigation into him.
The investigation agency alleged that the former minister had taken advantage of his official position to amass Rs 4.70 crore from various Mumbai bars and restaurants. The agency alleged that the funds were transferred to the Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan, an educational trust controlled by the Deshmukh family.
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