Anil Deshmukh’s PA and Secretary sent in judicial custody till July 20 in a money laundering case.

A special PMLA court in Mumbai on Tuesday remanded two aides of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in judicial custody till July 20 in a money laundering case against the politician, related to charges of bribery of ₹ 100 crores.

Anil Deshmukh’s Personal Assistant and Secretary have been sent in judicial custody till July 20 in a money laundering case. A special PMLA court here today remanded two aides of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in judicial custody till July 20 in a money laundering case against the politician.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had earlier arrested Deshmukh’s Personal Secretary Sanjeev Palande and Personal Assistant Kundan Shinde on June 26. They have been booked under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The duo was produced before special judge SM Bhosle at the end of their ED remand today. The court remanded them in judicial custody, as sought by the probe agency. Earlier, the ED had told the court that the two accused played a very crucial role in the offence.

The ED’s case against Deshmukh and others was made out after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out a preliminary enquiry into the allegations made by ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, on the orders of the Bombay High Court.