<p>As former Maharashtra home minister and senior NCP leader Anil Deshmukh seems to be running out of options, the Enforcement Directorate issued fresh summons to him. </p>.<p>This is the fifth such notice by the federal agency against Deshmukh, a close confidante of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>Deshmukh is facing investigations by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).</p>.<p>The senior politician from Vidarbha had to resign from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government after former Mumbai Police commissioner and current commandant general of Home Guards Param Bir Singh alleged that the minister has fixed a Rs 100 crore per month collection target for now dismissed assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze. </p>.<p>Deshmukh (72) has been asked to appear before the ED’s Mumbai office on Wednesday. </p>.<p>Deshmukh, his wife Aarti Deshmukh and their son Hrishikesh Deshmukh had so far not appeared before ED. </p>.<p>Deshmukh, however, had been grilled by the CBI.</p>.<p>The fresh ED notice comes a day after the Supreme Court bench did not grant interim relief on his petition seeking protection from any coercive action against him and stay on the investigation by the agency.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a related development, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court that it was willing to cooperate with the CBI in its probe against Deshmukh but the documents sought by the central agency are "not relevant" to the case.</p>.<p>"Applicant (CBI) is demanding documents and/or information which are not at all relevant in terms of relevancy to the case it is probing," the affidavit by the state government said.</p>.<p>"The documents and/or material so demanded by the applicant has no nexus whatsoever even either with the then home minister and his associates and/or any of the allegations made against him and resultantly has no connection and therefore not needed by the applicant for the purpose of carrying out investigation," it said.</p>.<p>It may be mentioned that the ED had arrested Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde. </p>.<p>It was also attached properties to the tune of Rs 4.20 crore which are linked to Deshmukh and his family.</p>
<p>As former Maharashtra home minister and senior NCP leader Anil Deshmukh seems to be running out of options, the Enforcement Directorate issued fresh summons to him. </p>.<p>This is the fifth such notice by the federal agency against Deshmukh, a close confidante of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>Deshmukh is facing investigations by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).</p>.<p>The senior politician from Vidarbha had to resign from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government after former Mumbai Police commissioner and current commandant general of Home Guards Param Bir Singh alleged that the minister has fixed a Rs 100 crore per month collection target for now dismissed assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze. </p>.<p>Deshmukh (72) has been asked to appear before the ED’s Mumbai office on Wednesday. </p>.<p>Deshmukh, his wife Aarti Deshmukh and their son Hrishikesh Deshmukh had so far not appeared before ED. </p>.<p>Deshmukh, however, had been grilled by the CBI.</p>.<p>The fresh ED notice comes a day after the Supreme Court bench did not grant interim relief on his petition seeking protection from any coercive action against him and stay on the investigation by the agency.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a related development, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court that it was willing to cooperate with the CBI in its probe against Deshmukh but the documents sought by the central agency are "not relevant" to the case.</p>.<p>"Applicant (CBI) is demanding documents and/or information which are not at all relevant in terms of relevancy to the case it is probing," the affidavit by the state government said.</p>.<p>"The documents and/or material so demanded by the applicant has no nexus whatsoever even either with the then home minister and his associates and/or any of the allegations made against him and resultantly has no connection and therefore not needed by the applicant for the purpose of carrying out investigation," it said.</p>.<p>It may be mentioned that the ED had arrested Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde. </p>.<p>It was also attached properties to the tune of Rs 4.20 crore which are linked to Deshmukh and his family.</p>
