05 November,2021 06:30 PM IST | Mumbai | Vishal Singh
Anil Deshmukh. Pic/Suresh Karkera
Hrishikesh Deshmukh, the son of former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh, on Friday skipped summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and is likely to move court seeking anticipatory bail, his lawyer said here.
Advocate Inderpal Singh said Hrishikesh Deshmukh was called for questioning by the ED, but he did not appear as he is likely to move the sessions court or the Bombay High Court for bail.
Singh added that he has sought a week's time to appear before the ED and he also may approach the courts for anticipatory bail.
On Thursday, the ED had summoned former state home minister Anil Deshmukh's son Hrishikesh Deshmukh for questioning in a money-laundering case and his son was to appear before the agency on Friday.
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Advocate Inderpal Singh said that Anil Deshmukh was questioned for 13 hours and yet he was arrested, the same can happen with Hrishikesh as well. "We have sought time from the ED and are looking for ways to get legal protection," he added.
Earlier, Hrishikesh Deshmukh had also avoided several ED summons and was called again after his father Anil Deshmukh was arrested.
The father-son duo is being probed for the alleged money-laundering case filed against them arising out of the letter alleging corruption written by ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in March.
The ED followed up by attaching properties worth around Rs 4.2 crore linked with the Deshmukh family and also arrested several of his aides for involvement in the alleged money-laundering racket.
However, on October 13, in a surprise move, the former Mumbai top cop - "missing" since several months - filed an affidavit before the Justice (retired) K.J. Chandiwal Commission saying that he had no further evidence to provide in the matter.
Anil Deshmukh, whose ED custody ends on Saturday, will be produced before the Special Court.
Meanwhile, a large number of supporters of Anil Deshmukh staged a demonstration in Katol assembly constituency flaying his arrest by the ED and demanded his release.
(With inputs from IANS)
