Was asked to collect money from bars by Deshmukh: Vaze

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Mumbai, Sep 17: Dismissed police officer Sachin Vaze has alleged in his statement to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh had asked him to collect money from bar and hotel owners, and used to give instructions in high-profile investigations, PTI reported.

Earlier, former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had accused Deshmukh of asking Vaze to collect money from bar owners in Mumbai, an allegation which Deshmukh, who later resigned, denied.

Vaze’s statement is part of a charge-sheet recently filed by the ED against Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde in an alleged money laundering case.

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