Nagpur: Former Minister of Home Anil Deshmukh’s Christmas in Katol, and a house in Vadvihira in Narghed Taluka was sought on Monday by a special team of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Sleuths, flown from Mumbai on Sunday.
The search is related to the probe of the separation of bribes that are ongoing against Deshmukh, who has traced the question and has not been able to be contacted on the phone, said the source ed.
Diwanji (manager) from the Deshmukh family, Pankaj Deshmukh, was detained by the Ed team, said the source.
Studed the ED team focused on two places of Ancestral Deshmukh as the possibility of NCP MLA hiding from the Katol constituency.
The former HM has been repeatedly called by Ed but he has so far avoided investigator agents.
Members of his family have also been issued by Ed.
After collecting documents and details of property and assets at Vadvihira’s residence, the team learned to bring the Dishmukh Pankaj manager to detention.
They headed for Katol, where the search had been going on by another team.
Deshmukh faced questions two branches by ED and also the Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) to demand RS100 Crore from the bar and pub in Mumbai through police personnel.
In accordance with the details of the interrogation of Ed Assistant Pi Sachin Vaze and others, Deshmukh received RS4 Crore from bar owners and pubs in Mumbai.
The agency has recorded the recognition of his personal secretary and Assistant Sanjeev Pallande and Kundan Shinde, respectively, the strengthened statements carried out by the police sub-inspector arrested.
In the midst of speculation other searches in the office-cum-office Deshmukh at GPO Chowk at City, the Ed team went to Mumbai in the afternoon.
It is not clear whether the PANKAJ was taken along with the Ed team or was released before they left for Mumbai.
On June 25, Ed had looked for a place to live in Deshmukh in the city.
Ed also held his last Mumbai residence in the past.
The latest machete from Ed for the former minister at home came a day after the property worth RS4.25 Crore was confiscated in Mumbai during the investigation.
Ed claimed that the probe had revealed that Dishmukh “with the help of Dummy companies based in Delhi, washing money contaminated by Rs 4.18 Crore and projected it as unstained by showing the number received in trust, namely Shri Sai Shikshan SanStha”.
Meanwhile, supporters of NCP Deshmukh have a tense day.
The horde of senior NCP leaders parked themselves at Deshmukh’s Office-cum-Residence at the GPO Chowk.
Some NCP leaders also stood outside the Deshmukh Ancestral place in Katol and Narched, where NCP leaders have substantial support.
The agency also investigates the company called Premier Port Links Pvt Ltd where the Deshmukh family has obtained 50% of share ownership.
Company assets, including land and shops, valued at RS5.34 Crore, Ed said.
However, the Senior NCP leader acquired this property only for RS18 Lakh.