Anil Deshmukh gave list of officials for transfer and posting: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that Anil Deshmukh used to prepare a list of his choice of police officials for transfer and postings. The list of 12 Mumbai Police officials including IPS officers is under the scanner of the ED. The agency,in its supplementary charge sheet filed against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with the PMLA case, also alleged that the former minister would share this list with then additional chief secretary Sitaram Kunte and Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. Sitaram Kunte and Param Bir Singh have told in their statement recorded by ED officials that they were receiving an unofficial list of police officials for posting and transfer from Deshmukh.The ED is trying to know whether money was collected from the police officials for their choice of posting, or was there any other form of money transaction.
However, Deshmukh has said that he was given the said list by a Maharashtra cabinet minister. Sachin Vaze who has also been arrested in the case has alleged that 40 crore rupees were collected by the officials who were on that list. This allegation is being looked into. Vaze was taken back into Mumbai Police after the suspension of 16 years. it has been alleged that Deshmukh reportedly played a vital role in his rejoining. Vaze was given a lot of sensational cases so that he could collect money. The supplementary charge sheet running over 7,000 pages was filed before the special PMLA court of Mumbai in December. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had accused Deshmukh of misusing his post. He had alleged that it was Deshmukh who was forcing him to collect 100 crore rupees every month from bars and restaurants in Mumbai. He made these allegations when he was removed from the police commissioner post after Antilia case. Deshmukh has denied all the allegations levelled against him.