The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at two residences of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur district on Sunday as part of a probe into a money laundering case, a police official said. Two separate teams of the ED searched Deshmukh's house in Katol town, located about 60 km from Nagpur, and his ancestral home at Wadvihira village near Katol, he said. The official said the search is still on at the Katol premises of Deshmukh, while the search at Wadvihira concluded around 12 noon. The ED is conducting a probe into the money laundering case related to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket that led to Deshmukh's resignation from the post of home minister in April this year. Deshmukh, who resigned as the state home minister in April following the allegations, has denied any wrongdoing.

Source: Mint July 18, 2021 07:52 UTC