‘No.1’ Param Bir ‘blue-eyed boy’ of agencies, Deshmukh languishing in jail in false case: lawyer to Bombay HC

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The lawyer representing former Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh on Monday told the Bombay High Court that his client was falsely implicated in money laundering case and that the “number one”, on whose instructions the alleged extortion amount was collected, was former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who has now become a “blue-eyed boy” of the agencies and witness in the case.
Deshmukh’s counsel, while arguing his bail plea in a case registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED), also pointed out that while dismissed police officer Sachin Waze, who is being made approver in the case, is soon to be let out, Deshmukh, who suffers from multiple ailments and was arrested with “malafide” intention, is languishing in jail for over nine months.
He said that statements of Waze, based on which Deshmukh has been implicated by the agencies, cannot be relied upon as the former cop himself is accused in seven to eight other cases including a murder charge, adding that his statements lack credibility. Assured that he will cooperate with the probe, Deshmukh said that since the trial in ED case is unlikely to commence in near future, he should be released on bail.
A single-judge bench of Justice N J Jamadar began hearing bail plea by Deshmukh, who moved the HC after the special PMLA Court in March rejected his plea, holding that there is prima facie proof to indicate that he had exercised “undue influence” over transfers and postings of police officers.
HC will hear Deshmukh’s bail plea next on July 19.
In his bail plea filed through advocates Aniket Nikam and Inderpal Singh, Deshmukh said that the Centre and state were at a crossroads, adding that Singh is apparently warming up to the central agencies and thus has “apparently been given a red carpet welcome and a safe passage.”
On Monday, senior advocate Vikram Chaudhari representing Deshmukh said that his 72-year-old client has been suffering from various ailments, including lung and spinal disorders, and that the same is taking a “toll on him.”
“He is a sick and aged man…Trial is unlikely to commence in the near future. He should be released on bail and is ready to cooperate with the investigation,” Chaudhari argued.
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