Nagpur. On Saturday morning, 10 teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the chartered accountant of former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. It is said that separate teams of about 50 officers and employees were formed. These teams raided 12 places together. This action has created panic in the CA area of the city.
It is to be known that former Mumbai commissioner Parambir Singh had accused Deshmukh of corruption. There were also allegations of extortion from bar operators in Mumbai and taking money from police officers in lieu of transfers to their desired places. After this, the CBI had filed an FIR against Deshmukh on 21 April 2021. Simultaneously, the ED also started the investigation of money laundering case.
Investigation revealed that an amount of about Rs 4 crore was transacted through Shri Sai Educational Institution run by the Deshmukh family. That is why the records of the educational institution were also checked. In the investigation, the behavior of Rs 4 not 7 crores came to the fore. The names of CA Vishal Khatwani, Baheti and others, who looked after Deshmukh and the organization’s accounts, came to the fore.
On Friday night itself, the team of CBI officers from Delhi and Mumbai reached Nagpur. 10 teams were formed by taking local officials along. Women employees were also demanded from the city police. Teams raided all the places together at 7.30 am on Saturday. The bungalow and office located at Leverage Green on Koradi Road were raided. Apart from this, the office located in a chamber of Ramdaspeth in Baheti was raided.
The investigation of CBI teams lasted for about 7 hours. After this, Khatwani was also taken to the CBI office. Before this, the CBI has also arrested Anil Deshmukh’s lawyer Anand Daga. Due to the continuous action taken on the people associated with Deshmukh, the heartbeat of the leaders and workers close to the NCP has also increased. There is no confidence in who will be blamed when. Now the CBI is also probing other institutions run by the Deshmukh family.
In this regard, Nagpur CBI SP M.S. On discussing with Khan, he told that the entire action has been taken by the team of Delhi and Mumbai. All branches of CBI keep their action confidential. We were asked only for local support. They do not have any information about which people and where the raids took place.