Mumbai: A special PMLA court here, while taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed against former policeman Sachin Waze and others in an alleged money laundering case, has said the money trail prima facie indicates that former Maharashtra home minister Anil
Deshmukh received Rs 4.7 crore from Waze and his aide KundanShinde.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier this month filed its charge sheet against Waze, Deshmukh's private secretary (an additional collector-rank officer) Sanjeev Palande, personal assistant Shinde and 11 others in the case.
Special judge M G Deshpande took cognisance of the charge sheet on September 16 and the court's detailed order was made available on Saturday.
"On careful perusal of the statements and charge showing trail of money prima-facie indicate that Rs.4.7 crore received by Anil Deshmukh from Sachin Waze and KundanShinde," the court observed in its order.
It further mentioned that Deshmukh then transferred the said cash through 'havala' on the instructions of HrishikeshDeshmukh to Surendra Jain and Virendra Jain, all accused in the case.
The money, through companies which are on paper only, was then "deposited in the account of Shri Sai ShikshanSanstha, owned by Deshmukh," the court said.
There are prima-facie sufficient grounds to proceed against the accused under relevant provisions of the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), it added.
HrishikeshDeshmukh is the son of former state minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh.
Waze, who was earlier an assistant inspector with the Mumbai police, was arrested in March this year in a case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist MukeshAmbani's residence here in February.
The PMLA court after taking cognisance of the charge sheet issued summons to all the accused. The matter has been adjourned
till September 27.