The Enforcement Directorate, probing a money laundering case against the former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, picked up his personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde for questioning on Friday. Sources said the ED officials found a money trail of Rs 4 crore that was extorted from around a dozen bar owners and was collected by Assistant Inspector Sachin Vaze, now suspended, over a few months.
According to the sources, the agency has found that this money was diverted to Deshmukh through some shell companies located outside Maharashtra.