Former Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Anil Deshmukh on Saturday skipped the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to him in connection with a money laundering case, ANI reported. He sought more time to appear before the agency.
Deshmukh’s lawyer Jaywant Patil told the news agency that he has submitted an application to the Enforcement Directorate, asking for documents based on which the former minister is to be questioned.
“We don’t have any knowledge about the line of investigation,” Patil said. “So we’re unable to appear for questioning. Now ED has to take a call on it.”
The probe agency issued the summons to Deshmukh hours after arresting his private secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde. They were booked under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Enforcement Directorate will produce Palande and Shinde before a special court on Saturday. On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate conducted…