Mumbai: Directorate of Enforcement has provisionally attached assets worth Rs. 4.20 crore of Anil Deshmukh and his family, held in name of his wife Aarti Deshmukh and company Premier Port Links Private Limited under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) .
The attached assets are in the form of one residential Flat valued at Rs. 1.54 crore, located at Worli, Mumbai and 25 land parcels of book value Rs. 2.67 crore , located at Dhutum Villages in Uran, Raigarh District of Maharashtra.
ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR under Section 120-B of IPC, 1860 and section 7 of PC Act 1988 registered by CBI, New Delhi against Anil Deshmukh and others for attempting to obtain undue advantage for improper and dishonest performance of their public duty for collection of funds to achieve the target of Rs.100 Crore per month from various bars, restaurants and other establishments in Mumbai.
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Investigation under PMLA revealed that Anil Deshmukh while acting as Home Minister of State of Maharashtra, with dishonest intention has received illegal gratification of approximately Rs. 4.70 crore in cash from various orchestra bar owners, through Sachin Vaze, then Assistant Police Inspector of Mumbai Police.
Further, with the help of Delhi based dummy companies, Deshmukh family laundered the tainted money of Rs. 4.18 crore and projected it as untainted by showing the same as amount received in the Trust namely Shri Sai Shikshan Sanstha.
Investigation further revealed that flat located at Worli, Mumbai which is beneficially owned by Anil Deshmukh is registered in the name of his wife Aarti Deshmukh and found that entire payment was made through cash only in 2004, however, sale deed was done in month of February 2020 when Anil Deshmukh was Home Minister of State of Maharashtra.
Further Deshmukh family has acquired the 50% ownership in Premier Port Links Pvt. Ltd. including its assets – Land and shops totally valued at approximately Rs. 5.34 crore (Book Value) by merely paying amount of Rs. 17.95 lakh, that too after a substantial gap. Further investigation is under progress, the ED stated on July 16, 2021.
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