CBI Takes Custody of Ex-Maharashtra Home Min Anil Deshmukh in Corruption Case

In a petition on Monday, he had challenged the application filed by the CBI to take him into custody.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday, 6 April, took custody of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the case of alleged corruption against him.

The CBI will have custody of Deshmukh till 11 April, PTI reported.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader had been lodged at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail. Deshmukh was taken into custody by the CBI team from the jail and placed under arrest.

Deshmukh had been in judicial custody in relation to the money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) since November 2021.