Money-laundering case: Maha Chief Secy Sitaram Kunte at Mumbai ED office

New Delhi, Dec 7 : Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Mumbai to get his statement recorded in connection with the money-laundering case against former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.ED had summoned him in the recent past too.

Deshmukh is currently being held in judicial custody.The elite probe agency will likely question Kunte about the postings and transfers of police officers during Deshmukhs tenure.

The ED case is based upon the FIR filed by the CBI in the which Deshmukh was accused of asking Sachin Waze, a former Mumbai Police officer, to extort Rs100 crore each month from Mumbai eateries.Rashmi Shkla, then chief of State Intelligent department, had tapped telephone conversations exposing a large nexus.

The department then prepared a confidential report, which is now available to the probe agency.Subodh Jaiswal, then Director General of Police, received the confidential report.

After discussing the matter with the Maharashtra chief minister, this confidential report was later shared with Kunte.Kunte then decided on the future course of action.The report was not considered for action.

Now ED is going to record Kuntes statement.The Enforcement Directorate is currently investigating a money laundering case against Anil Deshmukh, Maharashtras former Home Minister.

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