ED records statement of Param Bir Singh in money laundering case against Anil Deshmukh

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recorded the statement of former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh in connection with the money laundering case against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.

Param Bir Singh appeared before ED officials after three summons on the morning of December 3 and was questioned by the investigation officer, an assistant-director level officer, in the presence of the Deputy Director of ED Mumbai for several hours.

Anil Deshmukh is in judicial custody. He was arrested by the ED on November 3, after he appeared before ED officials on Nov 2. He had earlier skipped five summons in the case by the ED.

The case by the ED was registered following the CBI FIR against Anil Deshmukh for allegedly asking some police officers to extort Rs 100 crore a month. In the same case, the ED had earlier arrested Deshmukh's PA and PS and had summoned Deshmukh and his son Hrishikesh.

Parambir Singh had alleged in his letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that Deshmukh asked Sachin Vaze and some other Mumbai Police officers to extort Rs 100 crore a month.