Former Maharashtra domestic minister Anil Deshmukh failed to seem before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday again in reference to its probe into a money laundering case, an ED official stated.
Deshmukh sent a two-page letter to the ED thru his advise Inderpal Singh and mentioned that he's sending his representative.
The ED in advance also called Deshmukh three times for wondering inside the cash laundering case, but he had skipped the summons.
On Friday, the ED issued fresh summons to the NCP chief and his son Hrishikesh Deshmukh to seem earlier than the probe business enterprise's office in south Mumbai on Monday, but they skipped it.
The ED had summoned Anil Deshmukh under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as the corporation wants to in addition file his statement within the case, assets earlier said.
The Supreme Court on Friday stated it would hear on August 3 a plea filed by Anil Deshmukh seeking safety from any coercive movement in the cash laundering case lodged by means of the ED.
Anil Deshmukh had last month stated he'll seem earlier than the ED to file his assertion within the cash laundering case after the Supreme Court's selection over his petition.
The ED's case towards him and others turned into made out after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) first carried out a initial enquiry followed through a regular case being filed at the orders of the Bombay High Court.
The court docket had asked the CBI to check out the allegations of bribery made against Anil Deshmukh with the aid of former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Anil Deshmukh, who resigned from his post in April following the allegations, has denied any wrongdoing.
The ED had earlier arrested Anil Deshmukh's private secretary Sanjeev Palande and private assistant Kundan Shinde after carrying out raids against them and the NCP leader in Mumbai and Nagpur.
The probe corporation ultimate month also attached assets well worth Rs 4.20 crore of Anil Deshmukh and his circle of relatives.
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