Munmun Kaur-
Published On: December 07, 2021 at 11: 35 IST
Hrishikesh Deshmukh, son of former home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case has claimed himself to be a Victim of a power game in front of the special PMLA Court. The matter was of his anticipatory Bail plea.
Advocate Vikram Chaudhari representing Hrishikesh said, “Everything was done to malign his father’s image. Dismissed API Sachin Vaze and former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, who Accused Deshmukh of hafta vasooli, became the tools and we (Deshmukh family members) have become Victims in this political vendetta.”
He argued that if the Supreme Court can protect a proclaimed Offender like former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh with multiple FIRs against him then why not an innocent citizen. He also assured the Court that if Hrishikesh is protected from Arrest he will comply with ED summons with utmost sincerity.
Earlier ED had opposed the anticipatory bail plea by stating that Hrishikesh assisted his father with the help of Delhi-based shell companies in laundering tainted money and then projecting it as untainted by claiming it to be donations from family-owned Shri Sai Shikshan Sanstha.
The Hearing of the matter will resume on Thursday i.e. December 09.